Egypt reviews COP31 preparations in delegation coordination meeting

Egypt's environment ministry convened its climate negotiating delegation to finalize preparations for COP31, the UN climate conference running November 9–20 in Antalya, Turkey.

• Minister Manal Awad chaired the meeting alongside Assistant Foreign Minister Wael Abu al-Magd and negotiators' group head Saber Othman, with representatives of seven ministries in attendance.
• The agenda covered climate adaptation, emission cuts, just transition, climate finance, carbon markets, and the second global stocktake of Paris Agreement progress.
• Abu al-Magd briefed the meeting on negotiation files including the adaptation and loss-and-damage funds and climate finance developments.
• Awad stressed youth participation in the delegation; Othman said Egypt's third Nationally Determined Contributions report is ready for approval by the National Climate Council's supreme committee.