His Excellency Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade, confirmed that the UAE played a pioneering role in developing sustainable supply chains.
By focusing on its billions of dollars in investments in removing carbon from value chains, the country has also established its leadership position on the clean energy agenda in the region, after the major transformation it has witnessed over the past ten years compared to other countries, noting the Barakah peaceful nuclear energy plants in Abu Dhabi, which contributed to Reducing emissions by five million tons of carbon dioxide annually.
This came during his participation in a session entitled “The Future of Sustainable Global Trade” within the activities of the second day of “Climate Future Week” at the “Museum of the Future”, whose activities continue until the day after tomorrow, Saturday, and is held in conjunction with the Year of Sustainability and the UAE’s preparations to host the Conference of the Parties to the Convention. The United Nations Framework on Climate Change (COP28) in Dubai next November.
During his speech, His Excellency Dr. Thani Al-Zeyoudi highlighted the importance of trade in the continuation of the global economic movement, which plays a major role in promoting social and economic growth, providing fair job opportunities, as well as improving living standards and enhancing knowledge.
Pioneering projects
Yesterday’s events included a session on the relationship of architecture to the circular economy, which hosted Arthur Huang, CEO and founder of MiniWise, during which he pointed to the role that the UAE plays in developing architecture through pioneering innovative recycling projects to transform waste management throughout daily life, and highlighted Number of pioneering approaches to material reduction and reuse.
Climate change
Dr. Aisha Abdullah Al Khouri, an Emirati researcher in materials engineering, said during the session “Converting Carbon Dioxide for a Green Future”: Humanity is responsible for releasing 40 billion tons of carbon dioxide every year, which leads to climate change at an unprecedented pace. The energy, industry, agriculture and waste sectors are among the sectors that emit the largest amount of greenhouse gases.
Decades to come
In another session, author and researcher Andrew Hudson spoke about the topic of reshaping climate stories and science fiction. He said: Climate change is part of our future and is linked to various fields such as artificial intelligence and geopolitics. Science and technology will play a major role in combating climate change, which is expected to It remains the most important topic in the coming decades.
Environmentally friendly designs
Wael Al-Awar, an architect and co-founder of YY Studio in Dubai and Tokyo, spoke about environmentally friendly architectural designs and creative responsibility. He pointed out that humanity needs to build a city the size of New York annually to meet the increasing population growth, but the most prominent question is how this can be done sustainably. Because cement is responsible for 8% of global emissions.
Abdul Latif Al Banna, an Emirati entrepreneur, spoke about agricultural resilience in harsh climates, and pointed out that innovative agriculture may contribute to maintaining and improving climate quality.
2023-09-27 22:54:00
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