Short-term interventions addressing the current energy crisis must be accompanied by a steadfast focus on mid- and long-term goals of the energy transition.High fossil fuel prices, energy security concerns and the urgency of climate change .
Minister Gammanpila addresses Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.)
Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila virtually participated in the 7th Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue on March 17 on an invitation by Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy of Germany Peter Altmaier, and facilitated by the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Germany.
Minister Gammanpila participated as a panellist at the Session ‘Flattening the climate curve-lessons from the pandemic’, which discussed the application of the lessons learnt by the world from COVID-19 pandemic in addressing the global emergency-‘climate change’.
The Energy Minister briefed Sri Lanka’s efforts in transforming into de-carbonized energy and the initiatives introduced in the local context to encourage the use of renewable energy sources, even at a time the economy has been hard hit by the pandemic.
Bangladesh govt gives incentive to boost clean energy: Nasrul
Sun Online Desk
15th March, 2021 11:36:52
Awami League government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is giving incentive to boost clean energy as part of its contribution to the protection of environment, said State Minister for Power Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid.
The incentives acted behind hiking country’s solar home systems to 6 million, he said adding that the government has formulated solar roadmap 2041 to increase renewable energy massively.
He was addressing a webinar on structural change for zero carbon future on the sideline of the 7th Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue on Monday.