Mahmoud Mohieldin, UN climate change high-level champion for Egypt, trumpeted the ability of the Sharm El-Sheikh Adaptation Agenda (SAA) to help bridge the financing gap, the biggest challenge to implementing climate adaptation
Mahmoud Mohieldin, UN Climate Change High Level Champion for Egypt and UN Special Envoy on Financing 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, said that carbon
The hybrid board meeting was hosted at the UNDP premises, in the presence of Ambassador Mohamed Nasr, Director of the Department of Climate, Environment and Sustainable Development, Mr. Alessandro Fracassetti, UNDP Resident Representative in Egypt, Ambassador Christian Berger, Head of the European Union Delegation to Egypt, Counsellor Heidi Beshir, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ms. Mshai Mkoji, COP27 Project Manager, African Climate Foundation, Ms. Sara Gottfredsen, Charge d’Affaires Embassy of Denmark to Egypt, and Ms. Michal Harari, Deputy Head of Office for International Cooperation, Embassy of Switzerland in Egypt.
The meeting, which lasts till Wednesday, comes as part of the follow-up to the outcomes of COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, on financing arrangements to respond to losses and damages related to the negative effects of climate change.