Edge Innovation Center Seminar explores “Sustainability and Future Plans”

Edge Innovation Center Seminar explores “Sustainability and Future Plans”

Maysoun Ali: The Egyptian banking sector has a significant role in attaining sustainable development

Yasmine Sakr: Achieving sustainability is a joint responsibility among all parties

Former Egyptian Environment Minister Dr. Khaled Fahmy has disclosed several challenges facing the Egyptian government, which is planned to host the climate summit in Sharm El-Sheikh next November. He additionally pointed out the international rift caused by the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and the global economic crisis, which poses a threat to Egypt's summit.

This was revealed during a forum titled "Sustainability and Future Plans" hosted by Edge Innovation Center, an affiliate of Raya Smart Building Company, the real estate arm of Raya Holding. The forum was moderated by Saber Osman, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of “Planetary Climate” initiative for sustainable development and Former Coordinator of the United Nations Framework Convention for climate change and highlighted Egyptian government's efforts in hosting the 27th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP 27), how the private sector contributes to collaborating with the government to make the summit a success and achieve sustainability in various fields, and the role of civil society in the issue of climate change, which falls under Edge Center's efforts to raise awareness around sustainability.

During his