On the closing day of the “Climate Future Week” activities at the Museum of the Future, Her Excellency Maryam Al Muhairi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, stressed the importance of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28), as it will witness the first global outcome to evaluate the progress made in implementing the goals of the agreement. Paris Climate Action, and will also assist in climate action efforts, including developing measures to close gaps in progress.
Through a video recorded as part of the Climate Future Week events, Her Excellency Al Maryam Al Muhairi stressed the UAE’s commitment to climate action, noting that the COP28 conference must be a turning point that advances the climate action process over the next decade.
Al Muhairi considered that the UAE has always placed reducing emissions at the top of its priorities, in addition to preserving its natural resources, as she highlighted the country’s commitment to sustainability. She also noted that the UAE was the first in the region to announce climate neutrality goals by the year 2050.
Her Excellency Al Muhairi indicated that the UAE aims to reduce emissions by 40% by 2030, stressing the importance of cooperation between governments, industries and societal stakeholders, which embodies the country’s approach to climate action.
Her Excellency Al Muhairi concluded her speech by emphasizing the role and importance of (COP28), the UAE’s keenness to make its next session the most comprehensive of the Conference of the Parties, highlighting the conference’s action plan consisting of four pillars, which includes accelerating the achievement of an orderly, just and responsible transition in the energy sector, and developing climate financing mechanisms. The focus is on preserving people, lives and improving livelihoods, ensuring that the conference is comprehensive and solutions-driven.
This event coincides with the Year of Sustainability and the UAE’s preparations to host the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) in Dubai late next November.
His Excellency Dr. Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, President-designate of the Conference of the Parties (COP28), and Her Excellency Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak, the United Nations Climate Leader for the Conference of the Parties (COP28) and President of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, also spoke in a special dialogue session to highlight the latest Preparations to host the twenty-eighth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change late next November in the city of Dubai. The session was moderated by Dubai Abulhoul, CEO of the Fikr Foundation, and in the presence of His Excellency Omar Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications, Director General. The Prime Minister’s Office in the Ministry of Cabinet Affairs and a number of dignitaries.
The “Climate Future Week” conference, organized by the “Museum of the Future,” hosted a number of ministers and government officials who reviewed the most prominent future opportunities, experiences, initiatives and solutions in the environment and sustainability sector and confronting climate change during major sessions held over 3 days (September 26, 27 and 30), which concluded today. Saturday.
The dialogue was followed by the “Climate Startup Council” event, which discussed the experiences of entrepreneurs in various sectors, including sustainable water production, smart agriculture, innovation in waste management, measuring the carbon footprint and other important environmental and climate topics.
The “Climate Future Week” event, which was held in cooperation with the Fikr Foundation, with prominent participation from experts and those interested in the fields of environment, sustainability, and climate change, is part of the UAE’s commitment to strengthening national initiatives in the field of environmental conservation, climate change, and natural resource management, and to enhance the country’s position. As a hub for global dialogues affecting the future of the planet.
2023-09-30 13:22:54
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