António Costa conveyed this position on the first of his two
days of presence at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP27),
which will take place in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, until the 18th.
The prime minister, whose keynote speech before COP27 is
scheduled for late Tuesday morning, anticipated that he will not only reaffirm
the environmental goals assumed by the country in 2016, in Marrakech, but also
prepare to “announce the new goals”, which in Portugal resulted from the Climate
Law approved in the Assembly of the Republic.
“The objective is not only to achieve carbon neutrality by
2050 – and we were the first country in the world to assume this goal at the
COP in Marrakech [in 2016] – but also, as provided for in the law, to study and
do everything to anticipate for 2045 this result”, he declared.
According to the leader of the Portuguese executive, the
country is in a position to assume this new goal, “since it managed to close
its coal plants in two years”.
António Costa then pointed out that Portugal “has defined a
national strategy for hydrogen that will help industry, which is very dependent
on natural gas”.
“Industry will be able to have an alternative source of
energy. This will be decisive for this transition to be successful and so that,
in the long term, we stop being importers of fossil fuels and can be exporters
of green energy”, he maintained.
Let's all opt for electric cars and energy providers from 100% renewable sources. Also leave the gas and let's all move to the electric water heaters. The autocrats and the oligarchies will soon begin to chirp very quietly.
By Diogo F. from Madeira on 07 Nov 2022, 21:33
Totally delusional. All these pushing impossible renewables haven’t a clue that these things they push are practically impossible to achieve. All just a way to get more money from you to line their pockets. Wake up people.
By JG from Algarve on 08 Nov 2022, 07:42
JG - we are surrounded by simpleton who believe everything tee vee tells them.
Of course it's a catastrophe and completely unachievable, but why bother with facts, when you can live in the land of make-belief?
Ask the average eco-zealot how much the carbon footprint is to mine and produce one single car battery. Who mines cobalt for these lithium batteries? How long do they last? How many people can realistically be supplied with them?
How the farming industry will work without fuel. How trucks will delivers goods, such as foods and other necessities. What happens when 1 million people in some large city try to charge their cars all at the same time. Questions, nobody is asking, because there is no journalism. It's activism. And the answers would shock.
If the last 3 years have shown anything, it's that Einstein was correct when he said "only 2 things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not so sure about the former".
By Hart from Lisbon on 08 Nov 2022, 10:34