British-South American Swimmer Lewis Pugh goes for first swim across Red Sea from Saudi Arabia to Egypt – Egypt Today

British-South American Swimmer Lewis Pugh goes for first swim across Red Sea from Saudi Arabia to Egypt – Egypt Today

CAIRO – 14 October 2022: To drag the world leaders and decision-makers’ attention towards climate change impacts on the coral reefs, British-South African endurance swimmer and ocean advocate Lewis Pugh has started, on October 11, a swimming journey across the Red Sea from Saudi Arabia to Egypt.

“Precious coral reefs are being destroyed by warming oceans. I am urging world leaders to take bold climate action at #COP27,” he took to Twitter, adding that his journey would start on Saturday.

“If we continued to overheat our plant, we are on course to lose 99 percent of the world coral reefs and so much more. No matter where you are on this planet. This will impact you. So, I urge all nations to drastically cut their emissions without any further delay,” he said in a message on his Twitter account.

The 160-kilometer swimming journey started from Saudi Arabia to end in Hurghada, passing by the city of Sharm El Sheikh where world leaders, decision makers, climate change experts, and environmentalists gather to discuss how to take concrete actions to implement their promises towards cutting their emissions shares. It would take two weeks of swim, according to Pugh’s website.

As per a report by the U.S.