CAIRO - 14 November 2022: Mahmoud Mohieldin, UN Climate Change High Level Champion for Egypt and UN Special Envoy on Financing 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, said that women have leadership qualities and the ability to solve problems, which make their participation in development and climate action indispensable.
His remarks came during his participation in the opening session of Gender Day in COP27 "Women's Agency in Climate Dialogues and Implementation, Win Win for All", in which Dr Yasmine Fouad, Minister of Environment, gave a speech in behalf of Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, President of Egypt, with the participation of Dr Rania El-Mashat, Minister of International Cooperation, Dr Hala El-Said, Minister of Planning and Economic Development, Dr Nevine El-Kabbag, Minister of Social Solidarity, Dr Ghada Waly, Under-Secretary-General of the UN, Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs, Dr Maya Morsy, President of Egypt's National Council for Women, Dr Sima Bahous, Executive Director of UN Women, beside a number of African women ministers, women leaders and representatives of regional and international organizations.
"Women around the world have proven their capabilities to make decisions and solve problems through their leadership of international organizations, governments and ministries in different countries." Mohieldin said, noting that women are always at the heart of problems and always give solutions.
Mohieddin said that women are victims of crises in the world, such as poverty, hunger, lack of funding and lack of education, adding that two-thirds of world's women suffer lack of education, and they represent 63 percent of poor people across the world, which stresses the need to enhance women's access to education and finance.
He stressed the importance of pluralism and the need to improve women's participation in decision-making regarding development and climate action, pointing to the importance of the National Council for Women initiative on raising awareness among women about climate issues.
Mohieldin pointed to women's active participation in the National initiative for smart green projects, in which they have submitted more than 1000 projects out of about 6000 that were registered, and 3 projects out of 18 winning projects were submitted by women.
He stressed the importance of fair finance flow through soft grants to developing countries, in a way that contributes to empowering women in different fields.
Additionally, during a session entitled "Earth Observations Systems for Monitoring and Managing River Basin Systems", Mohieldin said that climate action must take place within a holistic framework that includes all dimensions of the Paris Climate Agreement, adding that there is no place for trade-offs between Sustainable development Goals (SDGs), as actual climate action will not be possible without delivering energy to all, providing food and protecting water sources.
The climate champion stressed the importance of science and updated databases role in climate action, noting that the early warning system proposed by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, which African countries will benefit from, needs constantly updated databases.
"Promoting scientific activity needs sufficient finance, there are good initiatives have been launched during the conference that linked academic community more to climate action." Mohieldin said, praising in this context the Egyptian initiative to improve the role of universities and research centers in climate action.
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