New Euro-Mediterranean platform to foster renewables

 
A new Euro-Mediterranean platform for cooperation on renewable energy and energy efficiency has been launched at the COP22 climate summit taking place in Morocco.

The aim of the platform is to provide a forum for discussing energy policy objectives and measures, and to identify and implement joint initiatives.

It was launched today, November 14, by Miguel Arias Cañete, European Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy, and Ziad Jibril Sabra, Advisor to the Minister and Director at Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of Jordan, to promote the growth of renewables and energy efficiency measures in a way that fosters socio-economic development and boosts access to secure, affordable, reliable and climate-friendly energy.

The platform was launched alongside Osama Assran, Vice Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy of Egypt, Fathallah Sijilmassi, Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean, and Nandita Parshad, Director of Power and Energy Utilities at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.