The President of Sohag University discusses the final preparations for participation in the Higher Education Forum of Climate Change

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The President of Sohag University discusses the final preparations for participation in the Higher Education Forum of Climate Change

Mostafa Abdel-Khaleq, President of the University, held a meeting with members of the Climate Change Committee, in order to determine the final preparations to participate in the Forum on Activities and Events of Public Universities to Confront Climate Changes, which will be held on 22-23 September in Ain Sukhna, in the presence of the accountant Ashraf El-Qadi, Secretary General of the University, Prof. Mohamed Tawfiq, the committee’s coordinator, prof. Hamdi Hassanein, director of the Sustainability Unit, and a number of committee members, in the University Council Hall in the old university campus.


Dr. Mustafa Abdel-Khaleq said that the forum will be held under the auspices of Dr. Mohamed Ayman Ashour, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, and he will shed the light on the activities of public universities in facing the climate change, within the framework of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi's directives to take care of the issue of climate change, based on the vital role that Egypt will take over the presidency of the next session of the World Climate Summit COP 27 in Sharm El-Sheikh.

Abdel-Khaleq added that during the meeting, the university’s efforts in the field of climate change were discussed and what will be participated in during the forum’s activities, where research projects and published research in the field of climate change were identified, as well as units, centers and educational programs related to the field of climate change. In addition to the number of scientists and faculty members of the university specialized in this field, in addition to the implementation of workshops and awareness seminars in the field of climate change.