Radio Havana Cuba | Egypt leads the voice of Africa at the upcoming Climate Summit

Cairo, September 17 (RHC) Egypt will host the upcoming Climate Summit (COP27) on behalf of Africa, an event that will work to claim the continent’s rights and express its aspirations to achieve sustainable economic and social development, said an official source. today.

The Egyptian Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Tarek El-Molla, said during a meeting of gas-exporting countries that his country is leading efforts to promote an initiative that focuses on technology transfer in energy affairs to the region.

For her part, Egyptian Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad lamented that Africa is the region most affected by climate change, even though it emits less than four percent of the total polluted gases.

Speaking yesterday at the 18th Session of the Conference of African Environment Ministers in Dakar, Senegal, Fouad affirmed that his country will present several initiatives for the benefit of the continent at COP27, which will be held next November in the resort of Sharm El Sheikh, in the Red Sea.

Fouad noted that 20 percent of the population in this region lives in countries that are among the ten most vulnerable to climate change.

He noted that from 2010 to 2022, 172.3 million Africans were affected by drought and 43 million by floods.

He stressed that it is important for us, as COP27 president, to restore the balance between adaptation and mitigation.

The minister warned that 598 million people in Africa do not have access to electricity.

It is estimated that current projects to address waste management are inadequate because barely 10% of the waste generated on the continent is recycled.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has, on several occasions, called on developed countries to fulfill their promise to provide $100 billion annually to countries with fewer resources to combat climate change.

A few days ago, Sisi stressed during a symposium at the Egypt Forum for International Cooperation and Development Financing, that the cost of combating this problem will reach $800 billion annually by 2025, and that is why the poorer countries need support.

A month ago, Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry denounced the “climate injustice” plaguing Africa (Source: PL)