Local Press: Another Major Step By UAE Towards Clean Energy
Sumaira FH Published June 02, 2021 | 10:30 AM
ABU DHABI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM - 02nd Jun, 2021) A UAE newspaper has said that Abu Dhabi Airports and Masdar announcement to complete Abu Dhabi’s largest solar-powered car park - which will save a whopping 5,300 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year - is a landmark move towards clean energy and a clean atmosphere.
"The three-megawatt vsolar photovoltaic project is installed on the car shading at the short-term car park of the Midfield Terminal at Abu Dhabi International Airport, with 7,542 solar panels producing electricity," said Gulf Today in an editorial on Wednesday, noting that the energy generated by the grid-connected project will be used to power the car parking facility, with excess energy fed to other sections of the airport.
The delivery of this landmark project for the new Midfield Terminal highlights the commitment of Masdar and Abu Dhabi Airports to supporting the UAE’s Energy Strategy 2050 and its climate change mitigation goals. Even Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority has endorsed a long-term plan to have zero emissions from public transport in the emirate by 2050.
"Climate change is a serious issue and can have critical implications. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the world what it is like to go through a dangerous emergency of the kind that could occur if climate change accelerates," added the editorial comment.
Tackling climate change is all the more important as over one-third of the world’s heat deaths each year are due directly to global warming, according to the latest study to calculate the human cost of climate change.
But scientists say that’s only a sliver of climate’s overall toll – even more, people die from other extreme weather conditions amplified by global warmings such as storms, flooding and drought – and the heat death numbers will grow exponentially with rising temperatures.
About 35 percent of heat deaths in the United States can be blamed on climate change, the study found.
The problem is the plight of the developing countries, which suffer a lot due to climate change. Half of the world’s climate change financing should go to helping poorer nations adapt to the effects of global warmings, such as drought, rising seas and floods, the UN said.
Recently, The World Bank Friday announced a new Climate Change Action Plan aimed at helping developing countries achieve measurable reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and pledging to mobilise large-scale resources to aid the transition out of coal.
The 2015 Paris Agreement aims to curb warming to below 2 degrees Celsius, preferably 1.5˚C, this century. Under the pact, governments also agreed to implement adaptation measures such as flood defences, greener homes and drought-resilient crops, with financial aid for poorer nations. Thanks to global warming, nearly all of the world’s glaciers are losing mass – and at an accelerated pace.
The paper quoted Dr. Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister for Industry and Advanced Technology, and Special Envoy for Climate Change, who highlighted how the UAE’s commitment to progressive climate action can lead to greater economic opportunity.
The UAE’s Energy Strategy 2050 aims to increase the percentage of clean energy in the country’s energy mix to 50 per cent.
"The fact that the UAE has a Minister, and a Council, even a Special Envoy for Climate Change shows how serious it is about curbing the effects of this global issue," concluded the Sharjah-based daily.
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