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September A lot of great work has been done in this mind. Egypt, like the rest of the world, has a
regard, some of it through me, because I percentage of polluting emissions due to
2023 consider myself an Egyptian abroad and I production, industry, and cars, where the
participated like me and others. I wish that the transition to electric cars that other countries
investment protocols become less routine and are trying to achieve may be difficult for us,
complicated and that the one-stop-shop and reaching zero emissions is not easy, but we
system is applied to facilitate the process for are trying to reach it. I remember from them
the investor, instead of taking a long time that especially the projects of purifying the canals,
may reach several months, which may dampen which was a successful and large project to the
his enthusiasm. There has been a relative extent that other countries requested Egypt’s
improvement in this regard by applying the help in implementing projects to line the canals
digital transactions system and providing for them, which is a great achievement. These
many improvements and facilities, but the canals we used to see these on the agricultural
system still has room for improvement. And road, and even in Alexandria, which is my city,
the digital transformation is a form of Mahmoudia Canal, which was never more
development. And I have seen from my than a garbage dump, became a clean and
experience that Egypt’s keeping pace with the developed walkway where people sit and watch
issue of climate change was one of the highest the water along the line.
files that it could deal with, as the president
was invited to the 2021 Climate Conference in Sustainable development and green
Scotland, followed by the 2022 Climate transformation are important conditions that
Conference, which was hosted by the city of many grants and loans require, involving
Sharm El Sheikh, and it was successful by all individuals and civil society and not just reducing
standards, and it is no small matter that Egypt emissions because Egypt is one of the low-
hosts such a conference, and that it includes a emission countries. Do you remember any other
hall for discussions outside of it where they examples of projects that Egyptians abroad
discuss human rights freely, silencing all the participated in, not only financially but also by
charges against the Egyptian state regarding promoting or any other type of participation
the human rights file. related to sustainable development besides the
Egypt’s reaching this level is great for me. The model you mentioned to us?
invitation of His Excellency the President to
the Climate Conference in Scotland came I regret to say that most of them put
from Egypt’s role in promoting this file, which investment as their primary and sole goal
is seen, for example, in the number of because a large number of us do not have the
reclaimed feddans, which reaches millions, principle of self-education. For example, I am
and you certainly saw the wheat silos that we originally an agricultural engineer and I care
had when the whole world faced a shortage of about this file very much, and an interior
this crop due to the crisis of Russia and designer, and I am also a teacher for people
Ukraine. Prices rose somewhat and this is with special needs and I hold several
something we have no control over, but the certificates in this field, and also a media
product was always available. In other specialist with many training courses in the
countries, including ours in Britain, bread ran media. Therefore, I have a special interest in
out of the markets several times, a real these files. When the arrival of His Excellency
problem, while here in Egypt not a single food the President for a visit to us in Scotland was
commodity ran out despite the global crisis. announced, I made sure a month before to take
Other than wheat feddans, I also remember an online training course on climate change, I
the number of planted palm trees, which also was interested in registering for it and studying
reaches millions, and this helps greatly to for it and passing its exam and obtaining its
10 reduce emissions that increase the problem of certificate so that I would be well informed

about the file.
global warming, which we always keep in