Dubai: The 20th National Environment Day in the UAE, to be celebrated on February 4, 2017, will carry the theme of ‘Sustainable Production and Consumption’, announced the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment on Tuesday.
To be extended until 2019, the day will highlight the important role of sustainable practices and rationalising the consumption of resources in achieving sustainability, emphasising that this issue is gaining a lot of momentum due to the high levels of consumption, especially in energy and water resources, food, waste generation and carbon emissions, said the ministry.
Dr Thani Ahmad Al Zeyoudi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, said in a statement that the “issue of sustainable production and consumption is among the primary issues around the world and has been given a lot of attention over the decades. It was one of the important issues on the 21st century agenda of the Earth Summit in 1992 and, today, it constitutes one of the seventeen goals in the sustainable development plan 2030 adopted by the United Nations General Assembly last year”.
Al Zeyoudi noted that high consumption rates represent a significant challenge and one of the factors causing the high ecological footprint in the UAE, stressing the need for the participation of all segments of society to reduce consumption.
