Dubai: International experts will be exchanging ideas and discussing recent green city initiatives across the region in a conference to be organised this month, it was announced yesterday.
Held under the title Green Cities, the second international conference, EnviroCities 2010, is organised by the Environmental Centre for Arab Towns (ECAT), in cooperation with Dubai Municipality and Harvard University School of Public Health end of this month in Dubai.
The conference, to be held on November 28 and 29 under the patronage of Shaikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Minister of Finance and Chairman of Dubai Municipality, is expected to bring together more than 500 delegates including leaders in the field from around the world.
‘Modern, global, concept'
Announcing the conference on Wednesday, Engineer Hussain Nasser Lootah, Director General of Dubai Municipality, said Green Cities is a modern global concept, drawn out from various sustainable engineering and environmental ideas and practices such as green buildings, sustainable transport, afforestation, renewable energy and green economy."
"With two-thirds of humanity expected to live in cities by 2050, the future of our lives and the generations to come is dependent upon our care and concern for our cities."
"It is indispensable for all who are associated with cities of the future to have a fine understanding of the green city concepts, standards and tools to achieve and maintain a safe, healthy and sustainable city environment," he said.
