In light of the Egyptian state’s interest in the issue of climate change, The Information and Decision Support Center was established in the Council of Ministers. A workshop entitled “Climate change risks to sustainable development and strengthening the readiness of local authorities in the field of disaster risk reduction” With the wide participation of a large number of international partners and representatives of the relevant government agencies in Egypt, a number of Arab countries, and a group of academics, experts and interested parties at the local and international levels.
The Egyptian-African Businessmen Association, headed by Dr. Yousrey Elsharkawi Participated at the conference, ,
The workshop aims to discuss the impact of climate change on sustainable development. The need to integrate disaster risk reduction and climate change into development plans, While working to enhance the readiness of local authorities to reduce disaster risks in Sharm El-Sheikh, and working towards launching the city as a global and regional hub of resilience. In preparation for its hosting of the UN Climate Summit, In addition to exchanging regional experiences in the field of building resilience of cities in the face of disaster risks.
This workshop comes as part of the national efforts to confront climate change and integrate adaptation to climate change in policies, plans and programs at all levels. In addition to building and upgrading the capacities of local authorities and developing local plans to reduce disaster risks, With the virtual participation of speakers on international and regional experiences in integrating disaster risk reduction and climate change into development, Within the framework of cooperation between the Information Center and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction In implementing the regional initiative “Building Back Better after COVID-19”.
Dr. Yousrey ElSharkawi indicated that the state has taken a number of measures to confront the potential effects of climate change, The most prominent of which was the launch of the national strategy to combat climate change during the month of December 2020. With the expansion of air quality monitoring stations, which increased by 25% to 110 stations in 23 governorates, In addition to good waste management through the establishment and upgrading of waste recycling plants, As well as promoting the use of clean and renewable energy.
The conference issued a number of recommendations for the purchase of renewable energy and the need for networks and servers to operate with renewable energy and that the actors consider a whole systems approach to understand the energy consumption and carbon emissions of ICTs, With the benefit of data and experience.