Il vertice di Glasgow lascia uno strascico di delusione e distanze siderali tra ‘nord’ e ‘sud’ del mondo. Dalle scuse per un accordo ‘annacquato’ alla chiosa di Greta Thunberg: “Bla, bla, bla”
The MED This Week newsletter provides expert analysis and informed insights on the most significant developments in the MENA region, bringing together unique opinions on the topic and reliable foresight on future scenarios. Today, we turn the spotlight on the Middle East and North Africa region’s climate policy shift, with several local actors announcing long-term visions to cut their emissions in the upcoming decades.
World leaders are gathered in Glasgow for the 26th UN Climate Conference (COP26) to negotiate the rules over the operationalisation of the Paris Agreement and set the stage for the political process that should lead to ambitious emissions reductions targets by 2030 aligned with the objective of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050.
To accelerate the global transition to a low-carbon economy, all energy systems must be actively decarbonized. While hydrogen has been a staple in the energy and chemical industries for decades, clean hydrogen has captured increasing political and business momentum as a versatile and sustainable energy carrier in the future carbon-free energy puzzle.
The need to fight climate change and keep the global temperature increase below 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels is challenging policy-makers whilst raising expectations and concerns across society. This challenge requires the profound transformation of nearly all sectors of the economy towards a decarbonized system that respects both planetary boundaries and intergenerational justice.
In a few weeks, the world will be heading to Glasgow for the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP 26), following a one-year postponement caused by the eruption of Covid-19. A pandemic that — in the last eighteen months — has amplified the magnitude of socio-economic inequalities on a global scale, while highlighting the converging nature of the health and climate crises. Climate change has indeed devastating effects on people’s health all around the world, afflicting the most fragile among us.
Una ripresa post-pandemica sostenibile richiede un ripensamento dei piani di investimento dei governi. Per superare le sfide servirà una visione a lungo termine.
From September 28th to 30th, the “Youth4Climate” meeting will take place in Milan, where almost 400 young people from all over the world aged between 18 and 29 will gather to discuss climate action. The Youth4Climate meeting aims at developing concrete proposals for this year’s Pre-COP and COP 26 that will occur in Milan and Glasgow, respectively.
Finally, the UN climate summit (COP26) is approaching! In November, the world will meet again in Glasgow. But hold on… Wasn’t COP26 supposed to take place in 2020? Correct! Despite the urgency to achieve progress regarding the climate crisis, the conference had to be postponed due to the even more immediate threat of the crisis caused by the coronavirus.
Economist Jeffrey Sachs plainly stated that the last G7 summit was a waste of resources. He believes the G7 should be discontinued as it is no longer representative nor effective as a policy forum. He noted that G7 countries dropped to 31% of global GDP in 2021 compared to 51% in 1980, whereas Asian developing countries moved from 9% up to 33%.