The GCC countries welcomed the appointment of the conference leadership team, in which Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology of the United Arab Emirates, is the President-Elect, Shamma Al Mazrouei, Minister of Community Development, is the first Youth Climate Pioneer, and Razan Al Mubarak, Managing Director of the Environment Agency in Abu Dhabi, is the Climate Pioneer for the conference.
He also welcomed the outcomes and products of the twenty-seventh session of the Conference of Parties (COP27) and congratulated Egypt for successfully hosting the conference, according to a press release.
GCC States underscored the need for the Conference of Parties (COP28) to achieve ambitious and balanced negotiation outcomes focused on implementing national contributions by all means. implement the objectives of the Paris Agreement within the Conference of Parties (COP28).
The efforts of the GCC countries in the field of combating climate change were also highlighted, which resulted in the taking of a series of measures, plans and programs aimed at achieving environmental, economic and social impact in the region, thanks to the circular carbon economy approach, which is an integrated and comprehensive framework for combating greenhouse gas emissions and managing them according to 4 axes: reduce emissions, reuse them , recycle and delete them. »
GCC States also stressed the need for the Conference of the Parties (COP28) to make tangible progress on the global goal agenda on adaptation, in the context of the temperature goal referred to in the Paris Agreement. , and the mitigation work programme, provided that it includes all means of combating greenhouse gas emissions, whatever their sources or sectors.
She also indicated the need “to use all technologies and solutions, including renewable energy sources and hydrocarbons, coupled with their own technologies, and to activate the means to support the implementation in accordance with the principles and provisions of the Paris Agreement, including the activation of the Loss and Damage Management Treatment Fund and its funding modalities, and honoring the commitment to provide $100 billion per year by countries.” developed from 2020 to support developing countries and progress towards setting a new collective quantified goal for increased climate finance.
And the statement continues: “Member States affirm that the achievement of logical, practical, gradual and just transformations in the context of climate change rests on 3 pillars of equal importance, namely: ensuring energy security, economic prosperity and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. States support everyone’s access to affordable, reliable and sustainable energy. » Contemporary and sustainable, as part of larger-scale sustainable development, investing in all technologies and solutions such as renewable energies, energy efficiency, the use of hydrogen as a fuel, carbon capture , storage and reuse, nature-based carbon removal solutions and capturing carbon directly from the air.
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