Participants are seen in silhouette as they look at a screen showing a world map with climate anomalies during World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at Le Bourget, 2015.REUTERS/StephaneMahe/File PhotoCAIRO - 1 November 2021: Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN‐Habitat) Maimunah Sharif has praised Egypt's efforts on mitigating the disasters and repercussions of climate change and reducing emissions. The official expressed her pleasure at Luxor’s hosting of the Global Observance of the World Cities Day for this year. She highlighted Egypt’s powerful program launched in 2014 to move towards new and renewable energy, noting that cities shall be re-planned and re-managed in a way that guarantees their sustainability. President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi headed Sunday to the United Kingdom to attend the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26 summit) held in Glasgow on October 31-November 12. Spokesperson of the Presidency Bassam Rady stated that the president will focus on climate change topics relevant to developing countries in general, and to African states in specific.

Source: Egypt Today November 02, 2021 00:33 UTC