Sharm El-Sheikh Conference… Peace be upon the environment

Sharm El-Sheikh Conference… Peace be upon the environment

The Earth needs someone to protect it from us humans; Who is that human being whom God made his successor on earth to populate it!

Imagine with me, dear reader, the first moment of the first human on the surface of this planet, and the unique balance that planet Earth had, created by the Creator of the heavens and the earth, a moment that has not been repeated; The person had not touched anything on it, neither cut a flower, nor a plant, nor caught a bird or animal, nor caught a fish.. A moment of light, in which all the elements of nature were balanced: plants, animals, and inanimate objects, above and below the earth.

With the discovery of fire, the first man learned to cook, and his rate of calorie consumption increased threefold.. Through trial and error, he learned primitive agriculture, and his calorie consumption rates rose sixfold, and this has always been the era of human civilization. Whenever it took a step forward, consumption rates increased, until we reached the modern man – or what is called the Technological Man – whose average calorie consumption reached 230 thousand calories; 115 times what the first human started; Two thousand calories, and the natural result of such excessive consumption was an environmental imbalance.

Some solutions began to be put forward on meeting tables, dialogue spaces, and academic and public studies, such as increasing reliance on renewable sources, improving energy efficiency, energy conservation, waste recycling, carbon neutrality… and other mechanisms and policies.

In the midst of this movement, a few weeks later, the Twenty-Seventh Conference of the Parties (COP) will be held in Sharm El-SheikhCOP27, a global event with an African flavor on the protected land, an event that expresses the level of sincerity of the global will towards climate issues.

A great effort is being made internally and externally; To make the most prominent environmental event of each year a success, especially since it comes at an extremely difficult time; After two years of global recession due to the Corona pandemic, followed by a Russian-Ukrainian war, which left its effects on every home in the world, and no one survived it! An economic slowdown is rolling like a snowball, and it does not seem that it will stop soon! Central banks have reduced the value of their currency, while inflation is practicing its bad habit, raising prices.

Hence, the upcoming climate summit is expected to be the most difficult in light of many implications. An energy war between Russia and Europe, in which Europe threw away its green glasses and wore charcoal-colored ones instead!

Without ambiguity, Europe is moving energetically according to the imperatives of the survival instinct without regard to anything else. The signs of the crisis in the summer portend dire consequences in the winter, and more environmental neglect.

The European Parliament’s vote in early July to grant gas and nuclear energy status as sustainable energy projects calls into question the credibility of future European plans towards carbon neutrality.

In parallel, Germany is reviewing plans to close its nuclear reactors that were scheduled for the end of this year, and it also withdrew from the archive the files for shale gas extraction after it was closed for environmental considerations.

The level of complexity of the crisis increased as it was accompanied by a crisis in managing the world’s dining table. The focus was on securing the passage of Ukrainian wheat carriers, as if the entire relationship between Ukraine and the world was limited to securing a handful of wheat for each mouth, and peace be upon Ukraine!

Also, everyone still remembers the difficult hours before the announcement of the statementCOP26from Glasgow last year, and the position of India – and with it China – towards postponing the phase-out of coal.

All of these events and their consequences will affect the discussions at the Sharm El-Sheikh conference, even with the Democrats assuming the presidency of America, and President Joe Biden signing the decision to return to the Paris Agreement, which his predecessor, Donald Trump, had thrown in the trash. The climate issue in America is a matter that is subject to interests more than a commitment to the environment.

A difficult test that the world is facing with the Sharm El-Sheikh Climate Summit. Will the louder voice be in favor of the climate or for the other side?

.. Peace be upon the environment!