Vanessa Nakate, a climate justice campaigner from Uganda, said: “COP28 needs to see real money put into the loss and damage fund agreed in Egypt. But beyond that, COP28 must also accelerate global The pace of phasing out fossil fuels – we cannot have another COP that allows fossil fuel interests to sacrifice our future for a few more years of profit.
“In the end, the voices of civil society and young activists are critical to holding governments accountable – they must be heard in Dubai without intimidation.”
Maria Mendiluce, CEO of We Mean Business Coalition, said: “The ambition and leadership of Sultan Al Jaber, the new Chair of the UAE’s COP28, will be critical to accelerating the major investments needed to deliver a clean energy system around the world – one that will bring new jobs, health and economic benefits.
“Science tells us the dangers of exceeding the 1.5C limit: No new fossil fuel projects are possible, according to the IEA.”
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She added: “At COP27, global business strongly supported the call to ensure we limit global temperature rise to 1.5C and more than 80 countries backed the call to phase down fossil fuels. In short: fossil fuels will inevitably replaced by clean energy.
“Business needs the COP28 presidency to mobilize ambitious government policies and funding to dramatically increase investment in clean energy while halting new investment in fossil fuels. This will allow business to quickly reduce emissions and build a safer, a more stable and prosperous global economy”
Manuel Pulgar-Vidal is the President of COP20 and Minister of the Environment of Peru. He is currently the Global Climate and Energy Leader for WWF. “In time we will realize that 2021-2022 is a critical turning point,” he said.
“At this point, some of the calls at the COP to end climate-damaging fossil fuels once and for all are undeniable. We need COP28 in the UAE to build on this with a thoughtful approach that quickly enables the entire world to fully embrace clean energy. A full transition. We cannot waste any more time. I look forward to supporting a successful COP28.”
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“The UAE has a lot to offer, especially when it comes to the thorny question of how to tackle the climate challenge while creating prosperity,” said Ivo de Boer, the UN’s climate chief from 2006 to 2010. Masdar City in Abu Dhabi is known as a hub of green innovation and home to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
“Furthermore, the UAE has a sound green growth strategy and is a major investor in renewable energy both domestically and internationally. The President-designate of the COP has been instrumental in many of these issues. This equips him with understanding, experience and responsibility Make COP28 ambitious, innovative and future-focused.”
The 2023 meeting promises to be a particularly tough one, given deteriorating geopolitics, mounting climate disruption and the poor end to the COP27 summit in Sharm el-Sheikh. The COP28 event will be the third major UN climate summit to be held in the Middle East, with Qatar (2012) and Egypt (2022) the previous hosts.
Huge carbon footprint per capita in the UAE: No. 1 in the world fourth largest After Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), seventh largest World producer of petroleum and other liquids, with export revenue in excess of $70 billion.
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The government’s PR machine has done a good job of highlighting the Masdar plan and solar investment through 2030. The price of solar energy in the UAE is now 1.35 cents per kWh, 9GW Will be online by 2030. However, as observed by the US EIA, renewable energy accounts for only a small portion of the country’s electricity mix.
Recent energy announcements include plans change Coal plant under construction to switch to natural gas; a deal Worth $100 billion Partner with the U.S. government to invest in carbon capture technology and grow its renewable energy industry; a green hydrogen partnership with Germany and $11 billion Onshore wind farms in Egypt.
Al Jaber himself claimed Project Syndicate works All electricity consumed by ADNOC will come from zero-carbon nuclear and solar by August 2022.But ADNOC’s announcement One said in December 2021 that construction would begin in 2022 and commercial operations would begin in 2025. Then there’s the issue of natural gas, which was previously sold off when it was supposed to be burned to power its operations.
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Brendan Montague is ecologist.
