Kuwaiti environmental official calls for unifying GCC energy efficiency programs

DOHA, Oct 24 (KUNA) -- A Kuwaiti environmental official called for the unification of energy efficiency programs in the GCC countries and testing programs to measure the efficiency of cooling and air conditioning systems to enhance environmental sustainability in the region and reduce climate change.
The representative of Kuwait's Environment Public Authority, Eng. Yaqoub Al-Ma'touq, stressed, in an interview with Kuwait News Agency on the sidelines of the fifth summit for sustainability, the need to look at the non-typical air conditioning and refrigeration systems and reduce dependence on traditional cooling systems through awareness programs for consumers and decision makers.
آ آ Al-Ma'touq, who is also the President of the Conference of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that deplete the Ozone Layer and is involved in the air conditioning, cooling and insulation industries, noted the importance played by the GCC countries during the negotiations for the Kigali Amendments 2016 during which exemptions were extracted of restrictions on alternatives and available technologies due to the nature of climate in the GCC States.
He said that this peculiarity is that the GCC countries are among the states with very hot climates, adding that these exceptions allow the GCC states to build long-term sustainable strategies and stability in the commercial market of these industries.
On the goals of sustainable development, he said that the United Nations described these goals as integral, indivisible and interdependent, noting that the experience of the Montreal Protocol shows this fundamental interdependence as the aspects of implementation of the Protocol affect multiple objectives.(end).
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