Sameh Shoukry, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt, announces that Egypt will launch initiatives for food security, agriculture, and renewable energy, as well as a Descent Life initiative in Africa during the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27), Invest-Gate reports.

Shoukry adds that any failure in handling climate challenges will lead the world to a point of no return.

The minister refers to scientific reports stressing the necessity of limiting the temperature increase to 1.5 °C, adding that if the world surpassed that threshold, it would be impossible to reverse the negative impact of climate change.

The presidency of the conference will work on creating a favorable climate to encourage different parties to reach an agreement and compromises that serve the social interests, Shoukry notes.

Moreover, Shoukry reveals that during this year efforts were exerted to encourage countries to maximize their involuntary national commitments with regard to the reduction of emissions.

To that end, financial resources must be secured for countries to address and contain the effects of climate change, he remarks.

The Decent Life initiative was officially launched in July 2021. The initiative covers 4,658 villages across Egypt, accounting for 58% of Egyptian population with an estimated budget of EGP 700 bn.