{"id":577100,"date":"2022-11-09T04:04:16","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T04:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2022\/11\/09\/it-was-coptv-on-every-channel-last-night\/"},"modified":"2022-11-09T04:04:16","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T04:04:16","slug":"it-was-coptv-on-every-channel-last-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2022\/11\/09\/it-was-coptv-on-every-channel-last-night\/","title":{"rendered":"It was COPTV on every channel last night"},"content":{"rendered":"

It should come as no surprise that COP continued to dominate airwaves last night<\/strong> as the third day of the climate summit played host to several major renewable-energy agreements.<\/p>\n

Most talk shows focused on the energy MoUs signed yesterday<\/strong>, most notably a 10-GW wind farm announced by our friends at Hassan Allam Utilities<\/strong> and Infinity Power<\/strong> in partnership with Masdar. The announcement is getting a mention from Kelma Akhira (watch, runtime: 5:29<\/a>), Masa\u2019a DMC (watch, runtime: 3:20<\/a>) and Ala Mas\u2019ouleety (watch, runtime: 3:02<\/a>). Meanwhile, the announcement that the Scatec-Fertiglobe-OC<\/strong> green hydrogen plant had started commissioning got attention from Al Hayah Al Youm (watch, runtime: 5:10<\/a>), Masaa DMC (watch, runtime: 3:24<\/a>), and others.<\/p>\n

The message from the TV networks: everyone loves Egypt.<\/strong> In a counter-narrative to one doing the rounds in the international media, Egypt\u2019s talking heads made sure to tell their viewers that everyone loves COP27 and no complaints are being made. Kelma Akhira\u2019s Lamees El Hadidi (watch, runtime: 1:04<\/a>) said that everyone she\u2019s met whether off-air or on-air are singing the summit\u2019s praises, while both Al Hayah Al Youm\u2019s Mohamed Sherdy (watch, runtime: 5:07<\/a>) and Ala Mas\u2019ouleety\u2019s Ahmed Moussa (watch, runtime: 4:16<\/a>) turned their backs on negative headlines in the Western press to claim \u201cwidespread international praise\u201d of the summit.<\/p>\n

Sharma\u2019s sorry:<\/strong> The UK\u2019s COP26 president, Alok Sharma, told Kelma Akhira\u2019s El Hadidi in an interview that he was \u201cdeeply sorry\u201d over the failure by developed nations to meet the USD 100 bn funding pledge for poorer countries (watch, runtime: 3:26<\/a>). Developed nations have provided USD 83.3 bn in 2020, he said, describing it as a \u201cconsiderable progress.\u201d Despite the downbeat mood over the progress made since COP26, Sharma voiced optimism that the work done over the past year will enable the world to limit temperature rise to 1.5\u02daC (watch, runtime: 2:53)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Some key interviews yesterday<\/strong>:<\/p>\n