Sharm El Sheikh

Build Change to Advocate for Climate-Resilient Housing Solutions at COP28

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Thursday, November 30, 2023
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Build Change will play a significant role in advocating for climate-resilient housing and sustainable urban development as part of the global climate agenda.

Key Points: 
  • Build Change will play a significant role in advocating for climate-resilient housing and sustainable urban development as part of the global climate agenda.
  • At COP28, Build Change will join hands with international leaders, experts, and policymakers to emphasize the critical role of housing in climate action.
  • Build Change has driven climate action around resilient housing for several years, launching the Climate Resilient Housing Initiative in 2021 under the banner of the Race to Resilience.
  • Build Change invites all interested parties to follow their engagement at COP28, as they share insights, updates, and progress toward making climate-resilient housing a reality.

PROENERGY Awarded Total Care Service Agreement for Sharm El Sheikh and Port Said Power Plants in Egypt

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Thursday, October 12, 2023
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SEDALIA, Mo., Oct. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Egyptian Electricity Holding Company (EEHC) has awarded PROENERGY a total care service agreement (TCSA) for eight LM6000 gas turbines—seven LM6000 PC units and one LM6000 PF unit—totaling 372 MW.

Key Points: 
  • PROENERGY enters the TCSA with East Delta Electricity Production Company (EDEPC), an EEHC subsidiary responsible for the operation and maintenance of power plants within its jurisdiction.
  • The contract manages all maintenance events for the gas turbine packages during the term—including but not limited to hot sections, combustors, and major overhauls—at the Sharm El Sheikh and Port Said Power Plants.
  • "This Contract represents the start of a long-term partnership with PROENERGY in Egypt," says EDEPC Chairman Mohamed Abu Senna.
  • "We are confident in PROENERGY's capabilities to provide reliable and responsive maintenance for our LM6000 assets at Sharm El Sheikh and Port Said Power Plants."

COP28 President-Designate calls on international community to deliver on climate finance at African climate ministerial meeting

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Thursday, August 17, 2023
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He repeated the COP28 Presidency's call to the international community to unite on international climate finance, referring to progress at a recent meeting of major global economists in Abu Dhabi and announcing a key ministerial event with climate vulnerable countries during pre-COP.

Key Points: 
  • He repeated the COP28 Presidency's call to the international community to unite on international climate finance, referring to progress at a recent meeting of major global economists in Abu Dhabi and announcing a key ministerial event with climate vulnerable countries during pre-COP.
  • In addition to his remarks Dr. Sultan Al Jaber held bilateral meetings with African leaders to discuss the COP28 climate finance and energy transition agenda, calling on all to share their priority outcomes and key contributions for COP28.
  • As such, Dr. Al Jaber highlighted the urgent need to reform international climate finance.
  • As mandated by the Paris Climate Agreement, COP28 UAE will deliver the first ever Global Stocktake – a comprehensive evaluation of progress against climate goals.

Government of Canada Delivers on Key International Climate Commitment to End New Public Support for the International Unabated Fossil Fuel Energy Sector

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Thursday, December 8, 2022
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Canada made this commitment alongside 38 other countries and institutions and was one of only three major energy producers to do so.

Key Points: 
  • Canada made this commitment alongside 38 other countries and institutions and was one of only three major energy producers to do so.
  • These guidelines will ensure that Canada meets and in some cases exceeds the ambition announced at COP26.
  • By ending new direct public support for the international unabated fossil fuel energy sector,Canada will ensure its investments abroad are aligned with its domestic and international climate goals, which means investing in clean energy and renewables.
  • "The world is facing a climate emergency, and government resources must be directed to investments in clean energy, not burning fossil fuels.

COP27: Sharm El-Sheikh Implementation Plan Re-Affirms Developing Country Action to Slow, Stop, and Reverse Deforestation through the REDD+ Mechanism

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Wednesday, November 30, 2022
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SHARM EL SHIEKH, Egypt, Nov. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- One year after COP26 where the REDD+ Mechanism was controversially removed from the implementation article of the Paris Agreement (Article 6), rainforests nations successfully negotiated the mechanism back into the COP27 Sharm-El Sheikh Implementation Plan on Saturday night.

Key Points: 
  • The positive outcome of the final text on forests and finance is in line Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Hon.
  • James Marape's call for climate action at UN General Assembly," said Simo Kilepa, Minister of Environment, Conservation and Climate Change, Papua New Guinea.
  • We thank the Egyptian Presidency for the transparency and inclusiveness with which they conducted the talks this year."
  • that allow private sector finance to developing countries in return for accomplished emissions reductions under the REDD+ mechanism.

China Focus releases a new feature on the COP27 and beyond

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Monday, November 28, 2022
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BEIJING, Nov. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- China Focus releases a new feature on the COP27 and beyond.

Key Points: 
  • BEIJING, Nov. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- China Focus releases a new feature on the COP27 and beyond.
  • The feature is contributed by Zhong Cheng who is an op-ed contributor to Beijing Review and an expert on international studies.
  • The essence of combating climate change is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the main cause of rising temperatures.
  • China has been carrying out cooperation with other developing countries on adapting to climate change.

Anti-Fossil Fuel Campaign Fizzles Out at COP27 as Nations Grapple with the Energy Crisis, Heat-or-Eat Poverty, Blackouts, Degrowth, Famine says Friends of Science Society

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Thursday, November 24, 2022
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CALGARY, Alberta, Nov. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- As reported by The Conversation on Nov. 21, 2022, "COP27 Flinched on phasing out all fossil fuels" with climate ideologues blaming the paltry number of 600 fossil fuel lobbyists for the failure, versus the estimated 35,000 government officials and climate activists who attended, says Friends of Science Society.

Key Points: 
  • Qatar has warned the energy crisis may go on for years, as reported by the Financial Times .
  • According to the International Energy Agency , natural gas accounts for about a quarter of global electricity generation fuel.
  • This does not bode well for a future "NetZero" decarbonized society where 'electrify everything' is the climate mantra, says Friends of Science Society.
  • Friends of Science Society is an independent group of earth, atmospheric and solar scientists, engineers, and citizens that is celebrating its 20th year of offering climate science insights.

Statement - Minister Guilbeault's statement on Canada's position and achievements on climate change at COP27

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Monday, November 21, 2022
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"The process has been challenging with many difficult points in the negotiation along the way.

Key Points: 
  • "The process has been challenging with many difficult points in the negotiation along the way.
  • Canada reiterated our commitment to phase out fossil fuel subsidies by 2023, two years earlier than the G20 commitment.
  • Canada will continue to reinforce the importance of a rights-based approach to climate action around the world.
  • "COP27 has shown us that the world can achieve progress even during very challenging times.

COP27 Flails and Fails to Face Reality of Energy Crisis and Preposterous Loss and Damage Claims says Friends of Science Society

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Thursday, November 17, 2022
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CALGARY, Alberta, Nov. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- As reported by EuroActiv on Nov. 10, 2022, the EU and US pushed back on the climate reparations related to COP27 negotiations; now preposterous 'loss and damage' claims by developing nations have spiraled into the trillions, as reported by CFACT, Nov. 16, 2022, meaning that COP27 is flailing and failing, says Friends of Science Society. Western nations have never even met their Green Climate Fund annual commitment of $100 billion/yr., promised at the 2015 COP-21 Paris Agreement as an inducement to developing nations.

Key Points: 
  • Climate negotiations at the Sharm El-Sheikh COP27 conference are failing to meet expectations as developing nations up their 'loss and damage' demands into the trillions says Friends of Science Society.
  • Climate catastrophe narrative falls apart as does the 'green' future in the face of the energy crisis.
  • Long-time climate policy analyst Robert Lyman wrote of COP27 that " It's All About the Money. "
  • Friends of Science Society is an independent group of earth, atmospheric and solar scientists, engineers, and citizens that is celebrating its 20th year of offering climate science insights.

COP 27 Egypt: PLN shares its biomass co-firing implementation in coal power plants

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Tuesday, November 8, 2022
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In the power sector, PT PLN (Persero) will begin to gradually early retire Coal Fired Power Plant (CFPP).

Key Points: 
  • In the power sector, PT PLN (Persero) will begin to gradually early retire Coal Fired Power Plant (CFPP).
  • Meanwhile, to reduce emissions from existing operational CFPPs, PLN has implemented biomass co-firing technology.
  • PLN Director of Transmission and System Planning, Evy Haryadi, has explained that PLN is implementing co-firing technology at 33 CFPPs.
  • The Government also supports local stakeholders to manage municipal waste to be converted to biomass feedstock for PLN co-firing.