{"id":45703,"date":"2022-01-17T15:53:27","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T15:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/?p=45703"},"modified":"2022-01-17T15:54:36","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T15:54:36","slug":"egypt-names-foreign-minister-sameh-shoukry-lead-cop27-climate-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2022\/01\/17\/egypt-names-foreign-minister-sameh-shoukry-lead-cop27-climate-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt names foreign minister Sameh Shoukry to lead Cop27 climate talks"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Egyptian government has chosen foreign minister Sameh Shoukry to lead the Cop27 climate talks in Sharm El-Sheikh in November.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The country’s environment minister Yasmine Fouad, a climate scientist, will be Cop27 “ministerial coordinator and envoy”.<\/p>\n

Their appointments were announced in a joint statement<\/a> with the UK after they met with Cop26 president Alok Sharma.<\/p>\n

While Shoukry has no significant experience or expressed interest in climate change, Fouad was lead author<\/a> on a chapter of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change\u2019s special report on desertification in 2017 and co-chaired<\/a> finance talks at Cop26 in November.<\/p>\n

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Congratulations to Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry 🇪🇬 on his appointment as #COP27<\/a> President Designate<\/p>\n

Excellent discussion with Minister Shoukry and Minister Yasmine Fouad on joint UK-Egypt working this year on climate<\/p>\n

\u2066@MfaEgypt<\/a>\u2069 \u2066@EGY_Environment<\/a>\u2069 pic.twitter.com\/VyNfuPMMIb<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Alok Sharma (@AlokSharma_RDG) January 15, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n