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Egypt’s “Go Green” engages for 1st time in protecting biodiversity
“Go Green” Initiative – which is sponsored by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi – has been engaged for the first time in protecting biodiversity and natural protectorates in accordance with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad announced launching a wide-scale campaign to clean the seabed of the Red Sea.
The 10-day campaign – which was launched on June 19 – is implemented in tandem with the Red Sea governorate and the Hurghada Environmental Protection and Conservation Association (HEPCA).
The minister said the campaign is also meant to get partners of the civil society and the tourism sector to be engaged in environmental activities in order to protect natural resources and biodiversity.
She noted that the campaign is part of the ministry’s efforts to open new and untraditional channels of communication with the society to support environment protection activities in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
More about Go Green Initiative:
Egypt launched in January the “Go Green” Initiative to mark a step forward towards attaining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The three-year initiative aims mainly at spreading awareness among people about the importance of changing their attitudes to save the environment.
The several-stage initiative is meant to address 36 environmental issues.
It also aims to incentivize youths to protect the environment and natural resources, especially curbing air pollution in order to attain Egypt’s strategic goal to reduce air pollution caused by solid particles by 50 percent in 2030.
The initiative also aims at promoting the Egyptian economy, boosting competitiveness and creating jobs in addition to supporting Egypt to fulfill its regional and international undertakings under international conventions in order to achieve sustainability in using natural resources.
The Environment Ministry signed a cooperation protocol with the Higher Education Ministry to amalgamate the environmental issues into the educational curricula.
The first stage of the initiative targets four Egyptian universities in addition to securing about 102 stations for assessing the quality of air.
The initiative will be carried out in several governorates.
The initiative will also expand to include schools under ongoing cooperation with the Education Ministry.
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