Scientists request that Middle East policymakers demand the switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy to avoid climate change-related effects.
This year's focus of the second International Conference is to urgently suggest that the region switch from fossil fuels to renewable resources despite the region's dependence on the fuels for energy production.
In an interview before this week's conference, George Zittis, a scientist at the Cyprus Institute's Climate and Atmosphere Research Center, said that the switch can't happen overnight.The conference is organized by the Cyprus government and brings together top scientists and policymakers from Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Iraq and Greece to present the results of a two-year study compiled from contributions by 220 experts and to present policy recommendations to countries in the region.
Zittis acknowledges that governments have to make the switch within the next two decades to avert potentially"irreversible effects" such as desertification.A climate change conference for Middle East and east Mediterranean policymakers this week will emphasize the need for renewable energy sources as the area now emits almost as much greenhouse gasses as the entire European Union.
Zittis said regional governments should take heed and expedite the move to renewables because the accelerated temperature rise combined with reduced precipitation could mean extended heat waves that would ramp up energy costs for greenhouse gas-spewing desalination plants and electricity-hungry air conditioning units.
Natural gas is a cleaner-burning fossil fuel that could act as a transitional source of energy for the region until renewables such as solar and wind come online on a mass scale, Zittis said.
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