Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry asserted climate change issue is a key and important issue as Egypt is making preparations for playing host to the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP27) to the UN Framework Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC).
Egypt will host COP27 representing African countries in Sharm El Sheikh on November 6-18.
Shoukry was speaking in an address, delivered on his behalf by Deputy Foreign Minister for African Affairs Hamdy Sayyed Losa in the inauguration session of the 8th Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians.
The conference is held under the sponsorship of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi in Sharm El Sheikh Red Sea resort town.
Shoukry regretted the international community is not on the right track while facing escalating climate crisis.
He said efforts are now focused on exerting serious and immediate efforts to handle the issue which, he added, is backed by several scientific reports.
The reports mentioned the bad impacts of climate change issues which have become a reality on the ground taking their toll on all countries in the world and all sectors of economy as well as walks of life, according to him.
The foreign minister said developing countries are maintaining efforts to overcome challenges and obstacles to getting financing to help them achieve the goals of the Conference of the Parties convention and the Paris Agreement.
