The second edition of the Egypt – International Cooperation Forum and Meeting of the African Ministers of Finance and Environment was recently held between 7th and 9th September 2022 at St. Regis Almasa Convention Center, New Administrative Capital, Cairo, Egypt.
It was held under the theme ‘Moving
from Pledges to Implementation’ and aimed to highlight Africa’s needs and
ambitions towards the climate change agenda, and identify the necessary support
to develop their updated nationally determined contributions (NDCs) before
COP27.
The overall goals of the
Egypt-ICF Forum included finance mobilization and access, the funding of
projects for mitigation and adaptation, and national initiatives focusing on
developing countries and Africa; addressing the needs, resources, and
modalities for leveraging the necessary public and private support to
accelerate climate action; and providing a timely platform to explore needed
national actions that would aid progress toward a just and green transition.
Egypt-ICF 2022 witnessed high-level international
participation including Amina J. Mohammed, deputy secretary-general of the UN
and chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group; John Kerry, US
climate envoy; Mark Carney, UN special envoy on climate action and finance;
Odile Renaud Basso, president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development; Benedict Okey Oramah, president and chairman of the board of
directors at the African Export-Import Bank; and Mathias Cormann,
secretary-general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development.
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