Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad said Egypt updated its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) plan for the second time to increase the contribution of renewables to the energy mix to 42 percent by 2030 instead of 2035, as well as reduce emissions from the electricity sector to 80 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, instead of 70 million tons by 2030.
Fouad made the remarks during her participation in a panel session held on the sidelines of the seventh ministerial meeting on climate action in Belgium’s capital, Brussels, according to a statement released by the Environment Ministry on Friday.
The session tackled ways of fostering international cooperation in climate change mitigation and adaptation measures, as well as the mechanisms for accelerating global collaboration in renewable energy and energy efficiency in the near term.
The environment minister called for facilitating access to renewable energy technologies and offering grants and concessional financing to developing countries, in addition to supporting projects in those countries, so that they could switch to using smart grids.
Source: Egypt Independent
