CAIRO - 14 November 2022: Mahmoud Mohieldin, UN Climate Change High Level Champion for Egypt and UN Special Envoy on Financing 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, said that women have leadership qualities and the ability to solve problems, which make their participation in development and climate action indispensable. He stressed the importance of pluralism and the need to improve women's participation in decision-making regarding development and climate action, pointing to the importance of the National Council for Women initiative on raising awareness among women about climate issues. The climate champion stressed the importance of science and updated databases role in climate action, noting that the early warning system proposed by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, which African countries will benefit from, needs constantly updated databases. "Promoting scientific activity needs sufficient finance, there are good initiatives have been launched during the conference that linked academic community more to climate action." Mohieldin said, praising in this context the Egyptian initiative to improve the role of universities and research centers in climate action.

Source: Egypt Today November 14, 2022 18:51 UTC