COP27’s Green Zone a fantastical world of nature to preserve the climate

More than 15 Egyptian projects and ideas towards an environmentally friendly future

The Green Zone at the COP27 climate summit is witnessing a number of events and activities run by the Organizing Committee to launch a dialogue between the business community, youth, civil and indigenous communities, academia, artists and fashion communities from around the world so that they can express themselves and have their voices heard, as well as to enhance understanding, awareness and education, through holding events, cultural performances, workshops and discussions.

The Green Zone is characterized by the presence of a number of attractive areas for photography as well as innovative projects from Egyptian youth in line with Egypt's vision towards a more sustainable and environmentally friendly future.

The zone includes the Roman theater, an open theater designed in the ancient Roman style and covered with a roof to protect from the intense sun, which is equipped for the opening show and all theatrical performances. It also includes the “seven rooms” area, which are rooms surrounded from the inside by display screens to educate about the layers of the atmosphere, environment and climate, and each room bears one theme, with its name displayed from outside.

A group of Egyptian innovators also launched a new project for healthy drinking water by producing water bottles made of cardboard and the bottle cap made of the sugarcane plant instead of plastic, which preserves the environment from pollution, preserves the climate, and preserves people’s health from the harmful substances from which plastic bottles are made.

Among the activities of the Green Zone is a project consisting of two wheels to generate energy, through which a competition can be held between two individuals or cooperation between them in order to create a feeling among visitors that cooperation can save and preserve the environment. A plant corridor was also established consisting of small plants that emit a percentage of oxygen to maintain the climate and environment, which attracts visitors to the idea of the necessity of preserving the climate and providing a percentage of oxygen in an aesthetically attractive way.

The Organizing Committee in the Green Zone also allocated a 360-degree camera area to photograph visitors with the COP27 logo to document their visit and participation in the global summit. It also allocated a site for media and press meetings, equipped with chairs made of wood to preserve the environment and climate from pollution from plastic and other materials, as well as providing a screen for any documentaries during the conference period.

In continuation of the comprehensive Egyptian vision to preserve the environment, the Green Zone provided garbage bins divided for different wastes in order to facilitate for visitors and cleaners and preserve the environment and climate. Also, a group of young people set up a tree made of non-recyclable electrical waste to warn and remind visitors of the danger of electrical wastes, as well as interest in plastic art through sculptures made of waste, plastic and tires, and their exploitation and recycling to preserve the environment and climate instead of throwing them away and harming the environment.

The Green Zone is also distinguished by the presence of some private companies facilitating internal movements through the use of bicycles and scooters equipped with power generation to charge mobile phones as part of the beautiful recreational activities for visitors, as well as providing two screens to display audio and video for short films on the environment and climate.

With the slogan “Breathing is Life”, the Organizing Committee has allocated a room to generate enough energy to light an entire room by “one breath”, which is to imagine a world in which our energy can be repurposed for a greener, healthier future. The zone also includes the Egyptian Ministry of Environment bridge, which is lit up in the evening with an audio-visual display using the latest technologies, with the aim of raising awareness of the environment with a number of messages and youth aspirations for a better world.