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Publish date: April 19, 2012
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The Sahara Forest Project (SFP), in which Bellona is a shareholder, will for the first time present the results of its feasibility studies in Jordan. The seminar will focus on opportunities that arise by seeking food, water and an energy supply in context, and as a response to the challenge of climate change.
“The seminar has been organized in cooperation with the Norwegian Embassy in Amman, and will focus on the opportunities inherent in creating green growth in Jordan. At the same time, the Sahara Forest Project will present comprehensive feasibility studies,” said Joakim Hauge, CEO of the SFP.
More than 60 experts and researchers from 12 different countries have contributed to thorough studies that the Sahara Forest Project will present.
“Now we are looking forward to sharing for the first time the results with the Norwegian Crown Prince, the Jordanian Minister of the Environment and a wide network of other stakeholders in Jordan,” says Hauge. “Measures to prevent global warming will fail if they do not simultaneously resolve issues related to water, food and energy security. In Jordan, this is particularly evident.”
The studies that have been done show the potential to create growth through an innovative and comprehensive approach to this problemlematic set of issue.
“I can confirm that we have identified very positive possibilities for the Sahara Forest Project in Jordan, although the details of the conclusions and recommendations will not presented before the seminar,” said Hauge.
In addition to Crown Prince Haakon, State Secretary of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Gry Larson will also be in attendance for the seminar.
Today the European Parliament voted in plenary on a variety of crucial climate files, including the Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF) and the Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA). These votes send strong signals on the need for coherent climate policy which supports and manages the deployment of Carbon Dioxide Removal and Carbon Capture and Storage in an environmentally robust way.
We’re excited to share that we will be present at COP28! The Bellona Foundation will be hosting the Storytelling for Action Pavilion in the Blue Zone alongside BAFTA albert, Futerra and Think-Film Impact Production.
Safeguarding the chapters on CCS in the NZIA are crucial, so says the 23 co-signatories to our letter sent to EU Member States and European Parliament. The NZIA is a golden opportunity to ensure appropriate development of much-needed CO2 storage capacity, enabling industrial decarbonisation and a Just Transition by the retention of important welfare-carrying jobs in the harder-to-abate sector, while at the same time ensuring the proportionate contribution of Oil and Gas companies.
Overall, the target setting in the EU is an example that other regions of the world should follow in terms of creating demand for hydrogen in the right sectors, while backing it up with the renewable generation deployment to meet the demand from the electrolysers. However, the supportive landscape that could ensure targets are met is largely missing, leaving the EU strategy towards hydrogen use ambiguous and thus less effective.
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