Minister of Transport Kamel el Wazir launched Thursday 17/11/2022 a Low Carbon Transport Initiative for sustainable urbanism.

The launching of the initiative came as part of the Solutions Day, held on the sidelines of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP27, currently in session in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm el Sheikh.

In statements, the minister said the initiative is meant to develop floating fair, healthy, clean and flexible transportation means on the international level, within the upcoming 10 months.

The minister called on all COP27 participants, international organizations, as well as developed countries to adopt the initiative, recommending partners reach a consensus on a roadmap and experimental initiatives toward low carbon transportation by February, urging partners to convene every three months through out the year for thorough scrutiny, ahead of presenting the initiative and bringing all results forward before the upcoming COP28.

Meantime, Wazir underscored the need for adopting an accelerating approach to devise new funding automation mechanism that would further help toward low carbon transport move.

He also highlighted the need to face up to all challenges besetting developing countries through proving needed finance, honing technical skills and technology transfer that would all contribute to realizing sustainable development objectives.

Source: State Information Service Egypt