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Tuesday, 12 April 2022

Top EU official talks COP with Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad + UN teams up with gov’t on tech and innovation

More COP 27 discussions: Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad discussed preparations for COP 27 with the EU executive vice-president Frans Timmermans yesterday, according to a ministry statement.

Timmermans has been in Egypt this week for energy and climate talks with several senior government ministers, with discussions focusing on boosting LNG exports and developing Egypt’s green hydrogen sector ahead of the climate summit in November in Sharm El Sheikh.

ALSO IN DIPLOMACY- Gov’t and the UN launch joint tech and innovation task force: The international cooperation and communication ministries have launched a joint technology and innovation task force in cooperation with the UN, according to a statement. The task force will see UN agencies help the government develop tech-based projects that can attract development funding.

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