The Council of Arab Environment Ministerial will hold its 26th session in Jeddah from 8 to 10 November to discuss updating the Sustainable Development Initiative in the Arab Region as well as to discuss the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio +20), according to a statement by the Egyptian Ministry of Environment.
The session will be preceded by a meeting for the Joint Commission on Environment and Development in the Arab World during the period from 3 to 6 November to discuss the implementation of the decisions of the 25th session, Egyptian Minister of Environment Khaled Fahmy said Thursday.
The green belts project in the Arab world, which was approved by the Arab summit, is one of the most important topics to be discussed by the council.
Fahmy added that the meeting would also discuss the implementation of the decisions of the Arab Executive Economic and Social Summit, the decisions of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), updating the Sustainable Development Initiative in the Arab Region, and the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio +20).
The meeting will address international conventions and meetings on environment, desertification, biodiversity, and chemical and hazardous waste in addition to other topics, including environmental education for sustainable development and how to set up a unified Arab attitude towards climate change, said Fahmy.
The Council of Arab Environment Ministers will discuss shift to a green economy in the Arab countries, the theme of the 2015 Arab Environment Day, mechanisms of implementing the Arab Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction, as well as environmental conditions in many countries, including Palestine, the Syrian Golan, Sudan, Somalia, Comoros and others.
