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COPs (Conferences of the Parties) are annual meetings for negotiators from countries from all parts of the world to determine the means, methods and frameworks for individual countries’ efforts to act against climate change. COP22 is a continuation of COP21 and aims to define how the targets set in the first universal agreement on the climate signed in Paris last year will be achieved. This agreement entered into force on November 4, following a ratification process achieved in record time, with implementation scheduled for 2020.
ENGIE shares the view that a fair global agreement to limit global warming to less than 2° C is needed. In terms of means, countries have announced their intended nationally determined contributions (INDCs), which can be updated every five years. The first review is scheduled for 2023. Technology transfers will be organized between Northern and Southern countries.
ENGIE partner of COP22
An official partner of COP22, ENGIE is present in the Green Zone on the Bab Ighli site, which is open to the public. The Group is taking part in a series of side events on the following themes:
> Friday, November 11, 2016
- 1.00 to 2.30 pm – Energy efficiency side event
“Energy efficiency: a source of savings, a priority objective” with Amine Homman – ENGIE Regional Manager North Africa
- 5.00 to 6.30 pm – X-Afrique side event
“Renewable Energies: the essential way to support the continent’s growing energy needs” with Bruno Bensasson, ENGIE CEO Africa
>Tuesday, November 15, 2016
- 9.00 to 10.30 am – Carbon price side event with Gérard Mestrallet, Chairman of the Board
- 5.00 to 8.30 pm Solar@COP 2016 side event
Co-organized by CGEM and MEDEF International. Partner: Terrawatt Initiative with Isabelle Kocher, CEO of ENGIE and Chair, Terrawatt Initiative
> Wednesday, November 16, 2016
- 1.00 to 2.30 pm “CSR and energy transition” side event
“Innovation and performance for businesses, areas that benefit human development” organized with Energies for Africa and AfricaGrid with Bruno Bensasson
Terrawatt Initiative: Affordable Solar Power For All
In December 2015, ENGIE announced that it would take part in Terrawatt Initiative (TWI), a global non-profit organization that works with the International Solar Alliance (ISA) and its member states in establishing the proper regulatory conditions for a massive deployment of competitive solar generation. The ISA aims to achieve 1 TW of additional solar power capacity by 2030. In this context, IRENA (the International Renewable Energy Agency) and TWI, chaired by Isabelle Kocher since early in 2016, are committed to cooperating and working on concrete means for the rapid implementation of the aims of the Paris Agreement, with particular emphasis on the generation of solar energy.