Sisi seeks African vision in international climate change discussions

Environment Minister Khaled Fahmi asserted that forming a committee for unifying the African vision in international climate change discussions came after instructions from President Abdel Fattah El Sisi.

Sisi gave direction to form a committee to reach a unified African vision over the climate change in preparation for the conference due in Paris in December, Fahmi told MENA Thursday.

The minister said that the committee, which Egypt will head, will work on coordinating the work of the committee of African states leaders on climate change with that of the African environment ministers’ conference.

Each state will present its plan to decrease thermal emissions during Paris conference which will discuss issues of climate change, Fahmi pointed out.

At the Paris summit in December 2015, 196 countries will meet to sign a new climate change agreement.

Not only is a deal possible but, with the right political leadership, it can lead to ambitious outcomes that will have a real impact on tackling climate change.

Countries like the US and China are working to ensure an outcome is likely in 2015; and the years since the 2009 Copenhagen negotiations have seen some significant breakthroughs.