Lanka To Appoint A Steering Committee For Environment For The Upcoming COP 27

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Shakila Ifham

September 26, 2022

Sri Lanka will shortly appoint a steering committee to make arrangements for participation in the  forthcoming 27th Session of the Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC (COP27). 
CoP27 will take place in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt from 7 – 18 November.
The decision was taken at a meeting held on Monday,Sept.26 under the chairmanship of Environment Minister Hafiz Naseer Ahamed at the ministry headquarters in Colombo.

 Dr. Anil Jasinghe, Secretary, Environment  Ministry,.Egypt Ambassador Maged Mosleh, Christian Skoog, Representative UNICEF Sri Lanka Malin Herwig – Deputy Resident Representative, UNDP and British High Commissioner Sarah Hulton are among the invitees who took part at the discussion.
Speaking to journalists,  Minister Ahamed said that Sri Lanka being a biodiversity hotspot and focus would be on natural resources.
 “ A countrywide awareness programme would be launched to spell out  the significance of the conference,” Minister added.
Ambassador Mosleh said his country is ready to host any number of guests from all sectors who can make useful contributions to the success of 
It is understood that Adaptation Committee has approved key resources that can help guide governments in assessing their needs and communicating their actions to build resilience to the unavoidable impacts of climate change. Such impacts include ever more frequent and severe storms, droughts and floods.
The Adaptation Committee (AC) is the global voice on adaptation to climate change, working to drive coherent UNFCCC action on adaptation worldwide by providing expert guidance, improving outreach, and supporting the implementation of the Paris Agreement.
Mariam Allam, the committee’s Co-Chair, said: “We have to act on adaptation now. We have to scale up and we have to move beyond the incremental approaches of adaptation to transformational approaches.”