COP28 leadership wants to close an agreement on renewables in the first days of the event, says Irena

A leadership from the COP 28 from the UN (United Nations) either close deal about renewable us first days in event, stated to Irena (International Renewable Energy Agency). O event will occur in the days 30th of November The December 12th this year in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates.

According to the organization, the initial proposal is for a commitment to be made to triple the production capacity of renewable energy and double global energy efficiency by the year 2030, when presidents and leaders from several nations must be present.

The president of COP28, Sultan al-Jaber, had expressed his intention to establish goals for increasing the production of renewable energy. However, the novelty now lies in the urgency of presenting a concrete decision during the summit of world leaders, scheduled for December 1st and 2nd, instead of using the entire duration of the event for negotiation.

“The COP28 Presidency strongly supports the message of tripling renewable energy and doubling efficiency and has introduced a global commitment to this goal, which will be signed by several leaders at the World Climate Action Summit during COP28,” said the director-general by Irena, Francesco La Camera.

“Together with Irena, this commitment is being taken up by the European Union, Barbados, Chile, Kenya and the USA. The industry is also listening to this call and around 250 companies have already signed it,” he said.

“We have already seen the G7’s commitment to increasing solar and wind energy. Then, we saw the G20 which, in its final declaration, made a reference to tripling renewables. And we saw at the Africa and New York Climate Summit that countries are moving in this direction,” Camera added.

For the director, failure to meet the target even if it is signed, as has been happening with other agreements signed in previous COPs, he points out that to achieve the commitment to triple the production capacity of renewable energy and double energy efficiency by 2030, it is It is vital to overcome three fundamental obstacles. 

“One of them is physical infrastructure,” said the manager, referring to the lack of wind or solar plants. “A favorable legal environment and political measures that create demand for, for example, hydrogen are also needed,” he said.

“And we need to increase institutional capabilities. The training and adaptation of the workforce must be one of the priorities”, he concluded.