The first axis, the minister explained, is “Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change”, which is the core of the ministry’s work through protecting the environment and natural reserves; comprehensive management of hazardous radioactive and chemical materials; and combating climate change, while promoting environmental sustainability practices that preserve natural resources for future generations.
The second axis, “Innovation and Digital Transformation”, aims to enhance research and development, and find innovative solutions that increase the efficiency of the Ministry’s activities that face environmental challenges, with a focus on digital transformation to support the sustainability of environmental activities, His Excellency said.
The third axis, “Governance,” focuses on strengthening environmental legislation and policies, and building modern legal frameworks that ensure commitment to implementing standards while accurately and effectively following up on project implementation and ensuring accountability and responsibility for the environment, said HE the Minister.
The fourth axis, “Sustainable Institutional Development,” seeks to enhance institutional capabilities, community cooperation, and raise environmental awareness to ensure effective participation in achieving national goals, he added.
The minister said that launching this strategy is the beginning of a new journey towards achieving ambitious goals, protecting the environment and promoting sustainability, responsibilities that fall on everyone’s shoulders, and can only be achieved through joint work and strong commitment.
The vision of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change’s strategy (2024-2030) is to provide a sustainable environment that is balanced with development, capable of adapting to climate change, and working to deliver a message of protecting the environment and preserving its natural resources through joint institutional and community cooperation and with the support of an effective regulatory framework, and enhancing public environmental awareness.
The ministry’s strategy carries a set of values, including: responsibility, commitment, efficiency, flexibility, proactivity, cooperation, transparency, innovation, and sustainability, in order to achieve its main results, which are: protecting the environment and biodiversity by protecting, monitoring, and enhancing environmental elements, ensuring the optimal and sustainable use of environmental resources, preserving biodiversity, and ensuring the comprehensive management of hazardous radioactive and chemical materials.
The strategy seeks to ensure effective management of climate change through mitigation and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, adaptation, partnership and cooperation, spreading public awareness, enhancing resilience and fortification, as well as promoting sustainability practices through support and supervision of environmental sustainability measures, including the circular economy, adopting green development methods and energy conservation.
The strategy also aims to protect, monitor and enhance environmental elements, ensure optimal use of natural resources, preserve and protect biodiversity and terrestrial and marine ecosystems, integrated management of chemicals and hazardous waste, radiation protection and pollution reduction.
It also aims to study climate change, support and implement innovative solutions, take effective measures to mitigate the impact of climate change, develop measures to adapt to future climate change, and ensure their effective implementation with relevant authorities, in addition to promoting the circular economy, reusing resources and waste, promoting the principle of environmental sustainability and investing in the components of green development, and finally encouraging energy conservation, the use of renewable energy and the application of the principle of sustainability in infrastructure and land use.
