The Egyptian government has moved to form a national council for the climate change. The council will be headed by the country’s Ministry of Environment, according to Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb.
“The council is responsible for working on drafting and updating a comprehensive national strategy for climate change, in addition to settling national plans related to the climate change and linking them to a sustainable development strategy,” a cabinet statement said.
The council will work on collecting studies and research related to climate change, in addition to following up on implementing the projects that aim at reducing gas emissions and adapting to climate change risks.
The council will give its recommendation to the decision makers, in return for approving all the projects presented for finance by the Green Climate Fund, a project launched by the AfDB to combat climate changes in Africa and help the continent to easily obtain the financial resources allocated for this issue.
The national council for climate change members will include persons from the Ministries of Defense, Foreign Affairs, Investment, Finance, Planning, Interior, International Cooperation, Electricity, Agriculture, Transport, Petroleum, and Aviation, and the Federation of Egyptian Industries, in addition to representatives of all the concerned governmental bodies, and three experts chosen by the Ministry of Environment.