Egypt's Parliament to Host Inter-Parliamentary Union Meeting in Sharm El-Sheikh

On Saturday, the Egyptian House of Representatives HoR, in cooperation with the Inter-Parliamentary Union, is set to organize the global parliamentary meeting on the sidelines of the 27th conference of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change COP 27.

The meeting is scheduled to be held on November 13 in Sharm El-Sheikh, with a wide participation of parliamentary delegations from more than 60 countries, as well as international and regional parliamentary organizations.

The Egyptian delegation will be headed by parliament speaker Hanafi Gebali and a number of high-ranking international figures.

The sessions of the global parliamentary meeting will see intense discussions between world parliamentarians and experts on ways to activate and mobilize global efforts to combat climate change.

The meeting will also include discussions on ways aim to reduce global warming, and the essential link between climate action and sustainable development by reviewing the development challenges of food security, conflict and displacement and their relationship to climate change,

The meeting will also witness the launch the Inter-Parliamentary Union campaign entitled "Parliaments for Climate," which aims to mobilize parliaments to take parliamentary action to combat climate change.

They will discuss the issue of accelerating the pace of the transition to clean energy and the role of parliaments in achieving this vital goal for a sustainable future for the world.

This global parliamentary meeting stems from the Egyptian parliament's keenness to play an active and constructive role in combating the phenomenon of climate change at the national and global levels, which constitutes an existential threat to all humanity.