Egyptian - US cooperation to study changes of world atmosphere

A symposium on the aspects of world atmospheric changes began today in Cairo under the patronage of the Egyptian - US council for scientific and technological cooperation, in cooperation with the US - Egyptian partnership committee for economic growth and development.

In the inaugurations of the symposium, the Egyptian Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Mofid Shehab and Minister of Environmental Affairs Nadia Makram Ebid as well as the US ambassador in Egypt, Daniel Kurtzer, will speak.

Shehab said the issues that will be tackled by the symposium include the international atmospheric changes, the effects of these changes on Egypt, the opportunities for future Egyptian - American cooperation, research on rising sea water level in coastal regions, impact on agriculture, and the effects of affluence on weather.

In the 3 days symposium, some of the decision makers took part to discuss the effect of atmosphere changes in Egypt and the situations on international negotiations on atmosphere changes.