CAIRO – 18 August 2022: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA), the Industrial Modernization Center (IMC) and the association for sustainable quality of living (Estidama) to give an award on fight the impacts of climate change in Africa. She added that this agreement also aims to achieve a real integration of the dimension of climate change in various development sectors, and to encourage community participation, especially in light of Egypt's readiness to host the next climate conference COP27. It works on presenting to a distinctive Egyptian model based on the involvement of all spectrums through a comprehensive national dialogue, which provides an opportunity to highlight the presentation of different visions and innovations, Fouad added. The Minister added that the results of the award will be announced and the winners to be honored during the events the COP27 Conference in Sharm el Sheikh due on November 6-18. The awards categories include technologies that address climate change impacts, mitigation and adaptation projects by women-led green medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), green large startups, green finance for banks and investors, climate education for youth in universities, Research centers and non-profit institutions, Fouad said.

Source: Libya Today August 18, 2022 21:56 UTC