Egypt to focus on water crises at COP27

Ayah Aman

Sep 16, 2022

Lobby of the al-Masa hotel, during an African Ministers of Finance Economy and Environment Meeting for the COP27 climate summit, Cairo. — A picture taken on Sept. 7, 2022, shows a guest walking in the lobby of the al-Masa hotel, during an African Ministers of Finance Economy and Environment Meeting for the COP27 climate summit, at the New Administrative Capital, some 45 kilometers east of Cairo. — KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images

Egypt is planning to include the water issue among the top items for international climate action during the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2022 (COP27), which it will host in Sharm el-Sheikh in November on behalf of African countries.

The move to include the water issue on the conference’s agenda comes within the framework of Egypt’s policy to adapt and reduce the negative effects of climate change on water resources, especially the Nile waters flowing from outside its border.