Topic: Encouraging Alternative Energy
Country: Egypt
Delegate Name: Matthew Wolfgram
School: Grand Blanc High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Egypt position papers GLIMUN 2015 committees
The world’s emission production has increased alarmingly over the past few decades, with temperatures
rapidly rising on an annual basis. Many attempts and proposals have been made to reduce and regulate
emissions, but the world’s efforts have only been met with steady increases in air and environmental pollution.
Alternative power sources such as Solar and Wind energy have been introduced, but produce a very low
amount of power in comparison to fossil fuels, and are much more expensive to operate. For this reason,
alternative energy has failed to become a proper solution to the clean energy crisis. Cheaper and more
effective means to produce clean energy must be found, and implemented as soon as possible.
As a country on Earth, and a country facing the effects of worldwide pollution, Egypt wishes to help invent a
plan to lessen the deadly grip of climate change on life on Earth. Egypt has made a strong effort to reduce its
emissions output by investing in many forms of alternate energy, and. With Egypt’s alternative energy sources
already producing thousands of gigawatts of power, Egypt’s New & Renewable Energy Authority hopes to set
even more ambitious plans to become less reliant on fossil fuels. Although Egypt is a large exporter of crude
oil, its exports and production have been steadily decreasing, making alternative energy an essential factor in
producing an adequate amount of energy. With time, Egypt hopes to become as economically clean and
efficient as possible.
While green energy technology may advance to be proficient in the long term, short term energy solutions are
direly needed to begin the transition to permanent renewable energy longevity. Temporary options such as
Hydrogen and Biofuels are ideal, and their implementation is extremely necessary in the face of rising water
levels, temperatures, and faltering fossil fuel resources. Biofuels and hydrogen are abundant, and-if researched
and engineered properly- will be enough to sustain Earth’s energy consumption in the absence of fossil fuels.
Egypt wishes to form a plan to switch to more renewable forms of energy, especially in consideration of its
diminishing oil reserves.
