Tunisia, along with seven other Arab countries and in cooperation with countries around the world, has pledged to triple the world’s renewable energy production capacity to 11,000 gigawatts by 2030.
This commitment is part of the ongoing negotiations at the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP 28) held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from November 30 to December 12, 2023.
As the international environmental NGO Greenpeace reported on Monday, 117 countries worldwide have endorsed this commitment, including the eight Arab countries (Tunisia, Morocco, Oman, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and the United Arab Emirates).
This reflects a determination to strengthen and accelerate the transition to clean and renewable energy in the Middle East and North Africa region.
The COP 28 presidency outlined three main goals: tripling global renewable energy production capacity, doubling hydrogen production to 180 million tonnes, and improving energy efficiency by 2030.
Tunisia, one of the countries most vulnerable to the e
ffects of climate change, ratified the Paris Agreement on climate change in accordance with Organic Law No. 72 of 2016, dated October 31, 2016, and submitted its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) on September 16, 2015.
In October 2021, Tunisia updated its NDC in accordance with Article 3 of the Paris Agreement, stressing the importance of transitioning to a new comprehensive development model in line with the Sustainable Development Goals.
COP 28 comes as the United Nations warns that ‘the planet is on a path for disastrous heating of between 2.5 degrees Celsius and 2.9 degrees Celsius by 2100″ in the absence of sufficient climate commitments.
Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse