6/8: Ms Susan Gardner of UNEP calls for respecting local knowledge and more women in science & in education, adding #women are key actors in building community resilience. She warns, "when women lack resources, a voice, or freedom to move, we become trapped with high climate risk
7/8: Elizabeth Walthuti of Green Generation adds that women are victims of climate change but will also be the ones to lead us out of it. Discussing inequalities she adds, “this gross injustice is precisely what young people around the world are mobilizing to fight against.”
8/8: Dr. Yasmine Fouad closes the panel thanking the speakers for amplifying voices of local communities & inviting attendees to the #GreenZone, which mirrors the agenda of the #BlueZone, while capturing the voices of #humanity through engaging with #civilsociety stakeholders.
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2/4: The session discussed ways to protect the coasts of #Egypt & other developing countries, as well as how to protect lowlands from floods & erosion through #naturebasedsolutions.
3/4: “We need to emphasize the important of the project to enhance #adaptation, protect the #NileDelta & acknowledge it as a model for implementation projects to achieve sustainable development & as a product of extended cooperation with the Green Climate Fund,” said Dr. Fouad.
2/6: Loss of #biodiversity is one of the most devastating impacts of #climatechange as it compounds the damages to our ecosystems, agriculture, and livelihoods.
3/6: As the planet’s atmospheric temperature continues to rise, extreme weather events become more frequent, and ecosystems, to face further destruction, we drive loss of species, sometimes with irreversible consequences.
🪡 1/4: #COP27 live at the #BlueZone | Facilitating Transformational Climate Adaptation for the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) and the Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF)
2/4: Securing climate finance for low-income countries is a critical challenge to enabling their adaptation & resilience measures. Low income countries are particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts, & lack the financial resources required to build capacity on adaptation.
3/4: The Global Environment Facility, part of the operating entity of the Financial Mechanism for UNFCCC, held a pledging event to secure climate finance for the Least Developed Countries Fund and the Special CLimate Change Fund.
🪡 1/4 : #COP27 live from the #GreenZone | How the Textile & Apparel Industry Needs to Coordinate and Align With Brands and Retailers in Order to Lower Its Impact on the Environment Along the Supply Chain
2/4: “An inclusive #COP is one that #retailers & #designers are a part of. It is one that can discuss how our shopping habits also interact with the #environment.”
H.E. Dr. Yasmine Fouad, Minister of Environment
3/4: “It’s not cotton that’s harmful it’s the #manufacturing process. Cotton is the perfect low carbon fiber but we’re just not stressing the importance of #regenerative#farming & #agriculture.”
2/7: The #Energy Security and #ClimateChange side event gave energy ministers and secretaries along with energy security experts the opportunity to speak about the current energy crisis and the #geopolitical challenges that currently exacerbate the issue.
3/7: Speaking on #Egypt’s #energy transition Dr. Yasmine Fouad said, “There is no one size fits all model. We need plans to be aligned with our NDCs & we need to be flexible so that we are able to adapt our development strategies down the line as needed.”
Mohamed Elewa, Founder & CEO, Eco Egypt & Mainstreaming Biodiversity into the Tourism Sector Project Manager, UNDP
3/4: “We’ve been focusing a lot on working together & building private-public relationships that can enable our #protectorates to facilitate #sustianabletourism.”
Hoda El Shawadfi, Assistant to the Minister of Environment for Ecotourism Affairs