The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the European Union (EU), the African Climate Foundation, the Embassy of Denmark, the Embassy of Switzerland, and the Climate Emergency Collaboration Group met for the 2nd board meeting of the $6.2 million project to support Egypt’s presidency of the 27th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27).

The hybrid board meeting was hosted at the UNDP premises, in the presence of Ambassador Mohamed Nasr, Director of the Department of Climate, Environment and Sustainable Development, Mr. Alessandro Fracassetti, UNDP Resident Representative in Egypt, Ambassador Christian Berger, Head of the European Union Delegation to Egypt, Counsellor Heidi Beshir, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ms. Mshai Mkoji, COP27 Project Manager, African Climate Foundation, Ms. Sara Gottfredsen, Charge d’Affaires Embassy of Denmark to Egypt, and Ms. Michal Harari, Deputy Head of Office for International Cooperation, Embassy of Switzerland in Egypt.

The board highlighted in their remarks the project’s support to Egypt’s COP27 presidency and its work towards implementing the Paris Agreement through initiatives in several priority areas, including renewable energy, climate change adaptation and climate security. Through the joint project, some of these initiatives were on breakthrough topics such as Climate Response for Sustaining Peace (CRSP).

The project reinforced the delivery of tangible results in the host city. It has been demonstrated in the greening Sharm El Sheikh initiative by banning single-use plastic, installing solar PV in hotels with an approximate total capacity of 3 MW, the convention center with a capacity of 1 MW, and the car-shed in the airport with a total capacity of 280 MW.

The project has also contributed to the renovation of Nabq and Ras Mohammed, taking them to a new level of sustainable eco-tourism.