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Insider's climate advisory council convened recently for a roundtable discussion. They told us they're motivated by current innovation on the climate crisis, but labor is a hurdle. The advisory council is part of Insider's One Planet initiative, the optimist's destination for climate action. Sign up for our newsletter to get the latest on the culture & business of sustainability — delivered weekly to your inbox. Help wanted: skilled workersLabor is a hurdle for the green transition, said Donnel Baird, the founder and CEO of BlocPower.
Persons: Alyssa Gilbert, Ford, Cynthia Williams, Williams, It's, Donnel Baird, BlocPower, Baird, Omar Elmawi, He's, Elmawi, there's, we're, Elijah McKenzie, Jackson, McKenzie, We've Organizations: Service, Grantham Institute, Climate, Environment, Imperial College London, Ford Motor, EV, Labor, International Monetary Fund, Human Rights, Oil Locations: Europe, Kenya, Africa
During the COP27 event, three oil-and-gas deals in Africa have been announced. In the past two weeks — essentially the time of the COP27 summit — three oil-and-gas deals were announced for Africa alone, in Egypt, Nigeria, and Tanzania. That demand is evident even in announcements that purportedly support renewable energy. Plus, the projects are more expensive than building out renewable energy like solar. "If we really want to improve the lives of people, we need to invest in community renewable energy," Elmaawi said.
View of a COP27 sign on the road leading to the conference area in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh town as the city prepares to host the COP27 summit next month, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt October 20, 2022. The Nov. 6-18 summit in Sharm el-Sheikh is the first annual U.N. climate conference to be held after the easing of COVID-19 restrictions. CONCRETE BARRIERAnother concern among activists is the difficulty ordinary citizens may face accessing Sharm el-Sheikh. A petition led by 12 Egypt-focussed rights groups has called on Egypt to address restrictions on civil society, saying "effective climate action is not possible without open civic space". "Certainly we're very alive to the fact that Sharm el-Sheikh is an enclosed space, very controlled, very curated," she said.
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