Egypt’s International Cooperation Minister Rania el Mashat discussed with Assistant Secretary General for UN Global Compact (UNCG) Sanda Ojiambo joint cooperation opportunities, boosting South-South cooperation and the role of the UNCG in issuing blue bonds.
The UNCG is a non-binding United Nations pact to encourage businesses and firms worldwide to adopt sustainable and socially responsible policies, and to report on their implementation.
In a press statement, the minister said Egypt, as one of the founders of the UN, laid down a long-term vision to carry out 2030 Sustainable Development Goals in a way that complies with Egypt vision 2030.
As part of the National Strategy for Climate Change, Egypt made a climate adaptation project list to finance green projects in the energy, food and water domains