COP28: EU, “Energy Days” in Dubai. €2.3 billion investment for global transition

Now is the time for the “EU Energy Days” whose edition this year takes place at the EU pavilion in Dubai, where the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) is taking place. The programme includes two days of work (4-5 December) and 9 sessions. “We have just launched a global pledge to triple the deployment of renewables and double energy efficiency measures by 2030”, said EU Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson, who opened the Days referring to the launch by President Ursula von der Leyen of the Global Pledge on Renewables and Energy Efficiency, a joint initiative of the EU Presidency and COP28 to triple the global renewable energy capacity and double the rate of global energy efficiency improvements by 2030 (compared with the previous decade). 121 countries have already joined, which is a “strong signal that, collectively, we can move towards the clean energy future our planet so desperately needs”, Simson added. In Dubai, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen also announced an EU investment of €2.3 billion over the next two years to support a global energy transition. The work of the Energy Days will be live streamed.
Sarah Numico