Wednesday 28 February 2024 10:00 AMEgypt’s Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad met on Tuesday with the US Ambassador in Cairo Herro Mustafa Garg, and her delegation, to discuss how to strengthen the cooperation between the two countries in the areas of environment, climate, and biodiversity. Fouad highlighted the long-standing strategic relations between Egypt and the United States, particularly in the field of environment and climate. She expressed her hope to start a new phase of productive cooperation to tackle environmental issues and challenges, building on the cooperation that started more than 20 years ago in managing and reducing pollution. Fouad also shared her vision to implement more strategic climate change programs in collaboration with the United States, in line with the Egyptian state’s priorities, and to help it access the funding available for mitigation and adaptation, with an emphasis on adaptation as a priority for Egypt. They also discussed cooperation in the field of debt swaps for nature, with Fouad reaffirming Egypt’s commitment to the Convention on Biological Diversity and the post-2020 framework for action.

Source: Daily News Egypt February 28, 2024 08:01 UTC