Saqr Ghobash in "COP27": Addressing the phenomenon of climate change is a shared responsibility of the entire world

Saqr Ghobash, Speaker of the Federal National Council, stressed the role that parliaments are playing in dealing with many issues facing the world today, in which addressing the phenomenon of climate change is one of the biggest challenges, based on their legislative and oversight functions, where parliaments play a key role in enacting or legislating Or amending laws related to investment and national transformation to renewable energy sources, and in monitoring government implementation and spending in this field.

This came in Ghobash’s speech during the opening session of the global parliamentary meeting organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union in cooperation with the Egyptian House of Representatives on the sidelines of the 27th session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, in Sharm El-Sheikh, with the wide participation of parliamentary delegations from more than 60 countries, as well as international and regional parliamentary organizations, in the presence of a number of parliament speakers and a number of high-level international personalities.

Saqr Ghobash said, "Today's world is witnessing a scientific and technological boom that is the fastest and most advanced throughout all stages of human history, especially as we live in the world of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, biotechnology and big data, and at the same time we are facing a series of challenges that human history has not witnessed as well, which threaten the existence of man and his life, and perhaps climate change represents the most serious and comprehensive problem in this context.

He said: Addressing the phenomenon of climate change is no longer a privilege for one country over another, but rather a duty and a joint responsibility borne by the entire world, peoples and governments.

Climate change is responsible today, according to World Health Organization reports, for the deaths of about 7 million people annually, and is responsible for global warming at rates exceeding 1.5 degrees Celsius in the coming decades, which means more severe weather phenomena that will cause great human, material and environmental losses. For developing countries in particular, especially in Africa and Asia, such as desertification, drought or floods, and consequently more famine, internal and external migration, and so on, and perhaps even inter-state conflicts.

Today, we stand on the cusp of global crises, some of whose manifestations are manifested in the energy crises, water shortages, and the scarcity of some basic global food items such as grains.

Ghobash pointed out that dealing with the phenomenon of climate change requires everyone to work in two parallel directions: the first is joint action at the regional and international levels, as is evident today in this forum, which represents a common international action and cooperation platform, and secondly, that countries adopt long-term national decisions that go beyond The limits of its implementation create the technical and technical infrastructure, to reach the provision of sound and transparent legislative frameworks that help achieve a national vision related to the development of investment in renewable energy in particular.

He noted the speech of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the State, before the meeting of world leaders within the activities of the Conference (COP27), in which he stressed the importance of addressing global challenges as they affect the system of sustainable development, security and the economy, in addition to the need for international cooperation in finding practical solutions that contribute to Addressing losses and damages and creating opportunities for sustainable economic growth for people everywhere for a better future for generations to come.

Ghobash pointed out that the UAE, since its establishment, has set sustainable development as a mainstay in its path until it has become an active country in the field of clean energy and facing climate changes. Solar power plants in the world at the lowest cost, and it is the first country in the region to use peaceful nuclear energy to produce environmentally friendly electricity.

On the international level, and within the framework of building bridges of cooperation and qualitative partnerships with the international community to enhance energy security, the UAE has invested more than 50 billion dollars in renewable energy projects in 70 countries, and plans to invest billions more during the next decade, as the Emirates and the states signed The United States is a strategic partnership to invest $100 billion in clean energy projects with a production capacity of 100 gigawatts.

The UAE and Egypt also signed an agreement to establish a wind energy project in Egypt with a capacity of 10 gigawatts, which is one of the largest projects in this field in the world.

Ghobash indicated that the Federal National Council will remain keen to work tirelessly with the relevant executive institutions in the UAE in diversifying energy sources and shifting to a clean environment, and is active in keeping pace with the speed of government work and its need for national legislation to address the phenomenon of climate change and the transition to a renewable energy economy.

Rather, the National Assembly has sought, in cooperation with parliamentary institutions at the regional and international levels, to reach the common goal of all of us to ensure that everyone has access to renewable energy sources.

At the conclusion of his speech, Ghobash said, “We look forward to hosting you on the land of the emirates of tolerance, coexistence and human brotherhood during the activities of the COP 28 conference, which will be held, God willing, at this time next year.”

Follow our latest local and sports news and the latest political and economic developments via Google news