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

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

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

Sharma’s sorry: The UK’s COP26 president, Alok Sharma, told Kelma Akhira’s El Hadidi in an interview that he was “deeply sorry” over the failure by developed nations to meet the USD 100 bn funding pledge for poorer countries (watch, runtime: 3:26). Developed nations have provided USD 83.3 bn in 2020, he said, describing it as a “considerable progress.” 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˚C (watch, runtime: 2:53).

Some key interviews yesterday:

• UN Resident Coordinator in Egypt Elena Panova sat down for an interview with Yahduth Fi Masr’s Sherif Amer, calling having the “loss and damage” financing formally on the agenda a “positive step.” (watch, runtime: 3:47)
• UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly talked to Amr about the disbursement of climate funding. (watch, runtime: 5:24)
• Lebanese PM Najib Mikati told Masaa DMC’s Ramy Radwan that climate change is a secondary issue to many in his country which is going through its most devastating economic crisis in its history. (watch, runtime: 6:37)