Members of the European Parliament participating in the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COB-27), which Egypt is currently hosted in Sharm El Sheikh, stressed the importance of achieving ambitious results that contribute to finding fair solutions to the global climate crisis before the end of the conference.
The European Parliament said – in a press statement today, Monday, that “the parliament delegation in Sharm El -Sheikh, headed by Dutch member Bass Ikhout and one of the prominent legislators in the environment file, will present in the coming days its vision on the climate crisis, which he officially approved on October 20, while it is expected to take place The delegation is many meetings with ministers, parliamentarians and other delegates from countries outside the European Union, including the United States, China, Canada, Turkey, Zimbabwe, the Maldives, Bangladesh and Marshall Islands on the sidelines of the conference.
He added, “The delegation is also scheduled to meet with Dr. Hosung Lee, head of the International Government Authority on Climate Change” IPCC “, and Andersen, CEO of the United Nations Environment Program, in addition to many civil society representatives interested in the environment file, then held a press conference headed by Ikhout and deputy head of the European Commission France Timmermans next Thursday.
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The European Parliament hosts a side event on the sidelines of a cup -27 in the European Union’s pavilion entitled: New Opportunities for Multilateral Cooperation with regard to the removal of global carbon, adaptation and loss “later in tomorrow, Tuesday.
For his part, the Dutch member of the European Parliament, Bass Ecott, from Sharm El -Sheikh, said that “while the effects of climate change become more clear every year, the world is still far from the correct path to reduce the phenomenon of global warming or implement the recommendations of the Paris Agreement for the year 2015. Therefore, The COB-27 should guarantee this year not to become a lost year.
Talks about losses and damage are a pivotal matter at this year’s conference, as the European Parliament would like to see an attachment to losses and damage comes out of Sharm El Sheikh. “.
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