COP 28 host pledges to prepare 1st report on progress rate of Paris Agreement's goals fulfillment

CAIRO – 7 November 2022: UAE President Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan pledged Monday that his country, which will host COP 28 in 2023 in Dubai, will focus on implementation and prepare a report, which will be the first of its kind, on the progress rate of accomplishing the goals of Paris Agreement.

Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan underscored, in his speech at COP 27 opening session in Sharm El Sheikh, that the UAE is implementing a plan to generate 100 GW of renewable energy.

Nevertheless, the chief of state insisted that oil and gas are still indispensable, saying that oil and gas in the UAE are among the world’s least carbonized.

"We’re convening now in a perilous time as the world is enduring complex problems. On top of which is climate change," the UAE president said, adding that he supports the call of the Egyptian president to end the Russia-Ukraine War, stressing that the world needs peace.

After delivering his speech in formal Arabic, President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi addressed the world in Egyptian Arabic saying that the Russia-Ukraine War incurred tremendous economic pressure on developing countries.

The Egyptian president added that the crises those countries are sustaining, as a consequence, are beyond their ability to hold out, calling for a quick end of the war. Egypt's chief of state even offered to do anything, implying mediation, to achieve that goal.