OME @ COP27
Message from the OME General Director
Six years after COP22 in Marrakech in 2016, and for the first time since, COP is going to take place in a developing country. And for the second time, this will happen in a South Mediterranean country: Egypt (COP27).
COP27, hosted by Egypt in Sharm-El-Sheikh in November 2022, is expected to be particularly complex and challenging for several reasons. Indeed, the energy, economic and geopolitical crises the world is facing are putting pressure on decarbonization ambitions. Security of supply and support to economic development are very high in the agenda of all countries. At the same time, the worsening of the climate crisis is also a reality. All this will impact the COP27 negotiations. Also, African countries are calling for higher contribution from rich countries to the fight against climate change, especially regarding the financial adaptation, and the acceleration of implementation efforts. They call for concrete actions and implementation, rather than new initiatives and new announcements.
COP27 is therefore expected to make progress on the unfinished work of the Glasgow COP, and to address many sensitive topics, in particular: compensations, finance, and transparency. Certainly, the role of gas in the energy transition will also be an important topic. This COP will also play a role in the preparation of the Global Stocktake to take place in 2023 and which must identify the efforts still necessary to reach the Paris Agreement.
The Task is certainly not easy, but it is the right moment and the right place to voice ambition with realism and to contribute to pushing taking the right and just decisions, and OME is ready to the take part. The tensions and crisis we are facing for a decade now, are indeed increasingly demonstrating the importance of cooperation. Interdependency and complementarity are the key words for energy and energy transition in the Mediterranean region.
OME within its constituency is committed to addressing the challenge the region faces with joining effort between the North and the South in order to reach a just and successful energy transition, where the North Mediterranean are expected to include the cooperation dimension in their policies and actions, including financing, technology transfer and helping South Mediterranean adapting to these new challenges and prepare appropriate actions in a just and effective way. OME will be present in COP27 with a rich programme, I am happy to share with all of you.
Please join us in person or virtually. We very much look forward and thank you in advance for joining us.
OME’s side events / événements parallèles
| Date | Timing / Heure / Venue | Side event title / Titre de l’événement parallèle |
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14/11/2022 Gender Day |
11.30 – 12.30 French Pavilion |
Lutte contre les déchets plastiques, objectifs zéro déchets. Innovation et solutions. Focus Bassin Méditerranéen, Asie du Sud-Est, PEID The Fight against plastic waste, zero waste goals. Innovation and solutions. Focus on the Mediterranean Basin, Southeast Asia, Small Island Developing States
Jointly with The Sea Cleaners and ADEME |
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15/11/2022 Energy Day |
4.15 – 5.15 UfM Pavilion |
Financing the transition to climate neutrality in the Mediterranean: Who, how, where and when?
Jointly with EIB |
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16/11/2022 Biodiversity Day |
12.00 – 13.00 IFDD Pavilion |
La lutte contre les déchets plastiques en milieu marin, une composante essentielle du défi climatique : solutions et mobilisation du réseau francophone. |
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17/11/2022 Solutions Day |
9.00 – 10.00 IFDD Pavilion |
How can the Mediterranean Energy Industry lead the way to carbon neutrality by 2050? A multi-stakeholder dialogue based on the Net-Zero Carbon scenario to 2050 of OME |
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17/11/2022 Solutions Day |
4.15 – 5.15 UfM Pavilion |
On the road to a net zero carbon future in the Mediterranean: the role of Euro-Mediterranean energy cooperation |
OME speaker / intervenant
| Date | Timing / Heure / Venue | Side event title / OME speaker |
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9/11/2022 Finance Day |
OMC Event UfM Pavilion |
Toward a Euro-Mediterranean green deal – The crucial role of a Mediterranean partnership Houda Ben Jannet |
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14/11/2022 Gender Day |
OMC Event UfM Pavilion |
The crucial role of a Mediterranean partnership – Renewable energies Emanuela Menichetti |
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15/11/2022 Energy Day |
3.00 – 4.30 MEFED Event IRENA Pavilion |
The MENA Europe Future Energy Dialogue (MEFED) High-Level Exchange – Accelerating Strategic Projects Lapo Pistelli |
OME officially invited to attend
| Date | Timing / Heure / venue | |
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11/11/2022 Decarbonisation Day |
Egypt Event Egyptian Pavilion |
Agenda tbc |
MoUs to be signed
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MoU with RCREEE* (date tbc)
* The Regional Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RCREEE) is an intergovernmental organization with diplomatic status that aims to enable and increase the adoption of renewable energy and energy efficiency practices across pan-Arab countries. RCREEE is the official technical arm institution of both League of Arab State – Energy Department and Arab Ministerial Council for Electricity (AMCE).