Earthna Summit Discusses Challenges of Global Transition to Clean Energy

 

Doha, March 09 (QNA) - Energy and sustainability experts have highlighted equity and financing issues as key challenges facing the clean energy transition, where many countries have been involved in it since the past decade, in a session on the topic: "Global Energy Transition" that was held within the activities of the second day of the Qatar Foundation's "Earthna" Summit 2023.

    Experts discussed the impact of international policies on the transition in the field of energy at the level of various countries of the world, in addition to the mechanisms and plans adopted by some countries to eliminate or reduce carbon dioxide emissions from their economies.

    In this regard, CEO of Qatar Foundation International (QFI) Omran Hamad Al Kuwari, speaking about the challenges facing the global transition towards clean energy said there is need to reconsider the accumulated carbon emissions, taking into account that many countries cause these emissions in different ways and proportions, compared to other countries, noting that the countries most affected by climate change are those that produce the least carbon emissions.

    He pointed out that although investments devoted to enhancing the capabilities of renewable energies are increasing at an accelerated rate in different parts of the world, this development is not observed at the same pace in other countries, explaining that the other challenge lies in financing, and how to enable developing countries to reach the goals of achieving the transition towards clean energy.

    For her part, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University in Qatar, one of the partner universities of the Qatar Foundation,Dr. Dhabia Al Mohannadi, touched on various policies that governments can adopt to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, pointing out that Qatar has adopted a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent in the coming years, and that most of these emissions will be reduced by using more efficient technologies in the industrial sector. (QNA)