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Deputy Minister of Tourism and Antiquities participate in the meetings of the sub -bodies of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Within the framework of the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities to keep pace with global environmental issues and enhance integration with national efforts in facing climate change, Professor Yamna El -Bahr, Deputy Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, participated in a number of activities of the 62nd session of the meetings of the sub -bodies of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (SB62), which is held in the city of Bonn, Federal Republic of Germany during the period from 16 to 26 June The current, where the Deputy Minister participated over a period of three days in a number of sessions and technical meetings held in this framework. Adaptation, financing, and technology transfer, while identifying the requirements of technical and financial support and capacity building from the international community to enable Egypt to implement its climatic obligations and achieve its development goals fairly and effectively. And technical workshops that dealt with topics on the global goal of adaptation, building national capabilities to link climate work with development plans and ways to benefit from sources & nbsp; International financing, especially in developing countries, in addition to designing the activities of the social plan for gender to integrate women into climate work in line with the international goals of sustainable development, and apply this to sustainable tourism initiatives in local communities based on environmental tourism.

This is in addition to their participation in the first workshops for the current year within & quot; Sharm El Sheikh work program to mitigate the effects of climate change It was implemented & quot; which focused on discussing opportunities related to achieving compatibility between the goals of financing development and economic transformation towards carbon neutrality, and the workshop witnessed an exchange of visions between representatives of countries and the financial sector and development institutions in drawing a practical road map to direct financial flows towards climate and development projects consistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement. The negotiating session on the proposed policies to deal with gas emissions from the air and maritime transport sectors, which gain special importance because of its direct repercussions on the tourism sector. Tourism and antiquities sectors and preserve them for future generations. & nbsp;

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