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ELITE Vol.1, Issue 39, January 2022
Vol.1, Issue 39, January

Climate Change and its implications on Egypt: Brief

of a Promising Symposium

Mohamed Elsawy, Assile Mostafa, Marc Nabil

Under the high patronage of Dr. / Mohamed Othman climate issue and that the coming period will witness
Elkhosht, President of Cairo University, the Faculty of more work on climate issues and in a broader
Economics and Political Science was honored to hold a framework
symposium On Change Climate and its repercussions on along with the participation of several parties. This was
Egypt”,an event that took place on the evening of Sunday followed by the speech of Dr. Amr Moussa, whose
26/12/2021 at 4 Pm, and in the presence of Mr. Amr Excellency paid a mindful tribute to the students of our
Moussa, the former Foreign Ministry and President of the faculty, praising their hard work and inspirational
Cairo University Alumni Association, and his deputy, Dr. knowledge, as it goes without saying that our faculty has
Heba Nassar - Emeritus Professor At the Department of had an honourable history, carved by serious work of its
Economics and the former Vice President of the members at the international and regional levels. His
University, and upon her invitation, Her Excellency the Excellency then highlighted the importance of involving
Minister of Environment, Dr. Yasmine Fouad via an online young people in the policy-making process related to
conference tool. climate issues, and that their contribution will add in
more effectiveness. Both were then followed by d. Heba
The symposium started with a warm welcome from our Nassar, who from now on moderated the seminar who
Dean, Dr. Mahmoud Al-Saeed, honoring the guests and believed the same about the importance of the youth’s
students, and stressing that this event illustrates the input in climate matters.
nucleus and seed of serious participation and hard work
by the Faculty of Economics and Political Science in the And subsequently, her Excellency, Minister Dr. Yasmine
Fouad began her symposium on climate change and its
repercussions on Egypt, which was preceded by a warm
welcome and many thanks for her serious and fruitful
participation in the event. She pointed up to Egypt’s role
in the climate file at the global level, and the most
important strategies and axes that The Ministry of
Environment is currently working on, both on the short
and long run, including the National Strategy for Climate
Change in Egypt 2050, Which was launched within the
activities of the Glasgow Climate Summit in Scotland.
This strategy is centred around five main objectives: 1-
Achieving sustainable economic growth, 2- Flexibility

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