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The Climate of Our Land participated as a non-governmental observer in the summit of the United Nations Climate Conference (COP27), which was held in November 2022 in Sharm El-Sheikh, and the inauguration and launch of the Civil Forces Coalition for Climate as one of the founders of the Coalition, which many local civil society organizations joined as part of the activities of the conference.
The Climate of Our Earth Foundation for Sustainable Development, the Watan Development Association for Local Communities and Human Rights “Project Watan”, and the Development Services Center announced the inauguration and launch of the Civil Forces Alliance for Climate.
The alliance was joined by: The Voice of Egypt Students Association, Ain Environment Association, Tourism Development Association in Dahshur, Egypt Dream Foundation for Development and Development, The Green Foundation for Friends of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Jeffreysed, Egyptian Leaders for Development LEAD, Salah El-Din Ahmed Foundation for Development, Plant a Tree Foundation, Association Environment Without Borders, Pioneers Foundation for Projects and Development, Quality of Life Sustainability Foundation for Development and Development, Egyptian Society for the Preservation of Heritage, Environment and Family, Future Eve Association, Coptic Society for Social Welfare
Invite civil society organizations to unify efforts and expand the scope and base of support available for advocacy goals through joint collective action in a way that no single body can do.
It enhances the legitimacy of procedures, policies and programs to ensure easy access to the desired results.
Providing a forum for the exchange of information to facilitate the delivery of information to all other parties and to build a complete action plan.
Achieving a wider spread within the community.
The need to mitigate and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and the need to change the inherited systems for material extraction, transportation, distribution, energy generation, commodity production, service provision, consumption methods, disposal methods, and financing.
Protect human rights that may be affected by climate change and achieve climate justice in order to enhance opportunities for future generations.
The coalition adopts a set of basic messages:
Let’s all join together for climate justice.
No one will be left behind.
Sustainable development requires integrated solutions to climate issues.
Investing in successful solutions to long-term climate problems helps prepare the world for the future.
Ensuring the fair distribution of resources without any discrimination and ensuring that no one is left behind is an integral part of achieving the goals of sustainable development.
International and cross-sectoral collaboration creates co-benefits for increased resilience
The coalition works to strengthen cooperation and communication with all international, regional and local authorities, bodies, networks and alliances for the cause of the climate in order to preserve the integrity and sustainability of the blue planet and to achieve climate justice for future generations and to preserve their gains from the nature that God has endowed us with and to preserve their current and future rights. During the conference period and beyond, the coalition will have an effective role in monitoring all steps and submitting proposals.
From the axes:
The role of civil society in activating and implementing the Climate Strategy 2050.
The impact of the presence of civil society in COP27
The idea of governance and commitment to the implementation of policies and quality control of implemented activities.
The role of women in climate issues and their involvement in accordance with Security Council Resolution No. 1325
Partnership between sectors in order to achieve the goals
Funding mechanisms according to the previous coalition proposal that was submitted to the presidency of the conference and discuss the axes of the statement.
The launch of the Sharm El-Sheikh Expo Dubai Forum, similar to Glasgow Sharm El-Sheikh, with the inclusion of a civil society axis within the forum, and 4 joint meetings will be held throughout the year
Integrating programs for the empowerment of women, youth and people with disabilities into climate programmes
Supporting the role of civil society in reaching the target groups
Supporting civil society to play a role as one of the aspects of governance for implementation
In the presence of Dr. Saber Othman, the official spokesman for the coalition, MP Ahmed Fathi, Wad Ali Abu Sunna, head of the Environmental Affairs Agency, and Dr. Maya Morsi, head of the National Council for Women, where she reviewed the features of the presidential initiative “African women and adaptation to climate change”, which aims to translate policies and decisions into actions, and announced cooperation and coordination with the coalition. The initiative should have jurisdiction in all countries.
Implementation of 3 round tables to discuss the role of civil society in addressing climate changes, future plans and the importance of implementation to confront climate changes, and come up with a number of initiatives and recommendations.
A discussion session was held on November 10, 2022 on the activities of the Foundation in cooperation with the International Agency for American Cooperation and the Youth Entrepreneurship Network (YEN) in implementing the Youth Creativity Initiative to Confront Climate Change, where the stages of the initiative were reviewed, in which many young people from various governorates of the Republic participated in developing their ideas related to confronting Climate change and its transformation into profitable projects. Mr. Saber Othman, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Our Land Climate Foundation, Mr. Margaret Magdy, Initiative Coordinator of the Sustainable Services Project of the American Agency for International Cooperation and the funder of the initiative, Mr. Mustafa Abdel Latif, Director of the Initiative, spoke in this session. Entrepreneurship Youth Network, Mr. Mohamed Dalal, Vice President of the Entrepreneurship Youth Network, and Mr. Dr. Hani Ayad, Maritime Academy for International Transport.
A discussion session was held on November 11, 2022 on the Journey to COP 27 initiative, which was launched by the Foundation in cooperation with the adventurer Ali Abdo in two phases. Nile River due to the rise in sea level, where it was received by Mrs. Dr. Manal Awad, Governor of Damietta, and his participation in the launch of the activities of Climathon Egypt 2022, which is implemented by the Climate of Our Land Foundation for Sustainable Development. As for the second round, it started from Abu Simbel in Aswan Governorate to the city of Sharm El-Sheikh, where the The record for the largest trip within one country on an electric motorcycle, where a documentary film was prepared on the impact of climate change on all sectors of development in the Arab Republic of Egypt, as well as the solutions implemented by the Egyptian government, the private sector and civil society, and many activities and meetings were held with activists and leaders The trip was culminated in the reception of His Excellency the President of the Republic, Mr. Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, for the adventurer Ali Abdo, and the obtainment of the Climate of Our Earth Foundation for Sustainable Development and the adventurer Ali Abdo two certificates from the Guinness Record Corporation for the records they obtained, and Mr. Eng. Saber Othman, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Our Earth’s Climate Foundation, Mr. Dr. Sabry Mansour, member of the advisory board of Our Earth’s Climate Foundation, Dr. Khaled Fahmy, former Minister of Environment and Director of the Sustainable Services Project of the American Agency for International Cooperation, one of the sponsors of the initiative, and adventurer Ali Abdo Safir SD & Electric Bike Leader.
A discussion session was held on November 11, 2022 on the Climathon Egypt 2022 initiative, which was implemented by the Our Land Climate Foundation for Sustainable Development in cooperation with the Climate Innovation Project in the European Union, which aimed to provide an opportunity for young people to develop their ideas related to climate change and transform them into community projects and initiatives, where he participated in this initiative More than 450 groups of young people from 12 governorates came up with many ideas related to waste recycling, rooftop cultivation, renewable energy, mobile applications, waste collection, and others. The activities and events of Climathon Egypt 2022 were concluded in the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, with the participation of 12 teams, each representing a governorate from The participating governorates, and a competition was held between the teams with project ideas, so that the team representing Luxor Governorate would win the best project idea for recycling banana cultivation waste.
The participation of Eng. Saber Othman, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Our Land Climate Foundation, in a discussion session on confronting the effects of climate change on the Egyptian coasts and reviewing the most important results of the interactive map project for the risks of climate change and the efforts of civil society within a group of speakers headed by Mrs. Dr. Yasmine Fouad, Minister of Environment, and Mr. Eng. / Mohamed Azazi, head of the Engineering Authority of the Armed Forces.
A discussion session was held on November 15, 2022, in cooperation between the Our Land Climate Foundation for Sustainable Development and the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, to introduce the library’s role and activities in scientific research related to confronting climate change and its effects on Egypt. Dr. Ahmed Zayed, Director of the Library of Alexandria, and Mr. Dr. Hisham Al Askari, Vice President of the Egyptian Space Authority.
The Climate Our Earth Foundation for Sustainable Development participated in a pavilion of 50 meters, where many activities were carried out to raise awareness of the issue of climate change. The pavilion was also visited by many interested people in the trip to COP 27 for photography with the electric motorcycle that toured Egypt to raise awareness of climate change, where many important personalities and They are headed by Mrs. / Leslie Reid, Ms. Dr. / Naima Al-Saghir, Director of the Office of the Health Organization in Egypt, Mr. Dr. / Khaled Fahmy, former Minister of Environment, Mr. / Alessandro Fracazetti, Director of the United Nations Development Program in Egypt, Mr. / Graham Steward, Minister of International Affairs for Climate Affairs in the United Kingdom, and Mr. Prof. Dr. Nabil Nasr El-Hefnawi, former Dean of the Environment Institute – Sadat University and founder of the first Department of Environment and Bio-Agriculture in the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Middle East, and Mr. Dr. Sabri Mansour, who previously held many positions, including the head of the Technical Research Center of the Armed Forces and advisor to the Minister of Environment and point National liaison to the Convention on Climate Change and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the many participants in the Green Zone.
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