SHARM EL-SHEIKH– Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said today that confronting climate change requires justice and the achievement of the rights of the peoples in the region as well as enabling the Palestinian people to use their natural resources.
Shtayyeh stressed that Israel is stealing Palestinian water, noting that the share of one Israeli settler is three times higher than the Palestinian’s share.
Shtayyeh, who is participating in the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), affirmed that this water is stolen from Palestinian water resources.
“It is imperative for the countries of the region and the world to change the behavior of governments, the private sector, industries and individuals, to meet the challenge of climate change, and to adapt to its repercussions, based on the fact that they are more developmental and economic threats than mere environmental threats,” he said.
The Prime Minister welcomed the Cyprus initiative to address the effects of climate change, which aims to strengthen regional coordination and cooperation between the countries of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East.
He stressed Palestine’s aspiration to actively participate in this initiative, as one of the eastern Mediterranean countries, towards joint action within the framework of policy coordination to confront climate change among the countries of the region.
Earlier in the day, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades launched the initiative on the sidelines of the COP27.
Source: Palestine News And Information Agency