Dubai: The third World Green Economy Summit planned for later this week will tackle climate change with the help of more than 80 expert environmental and governmental speakers from around the world.
The summit is set to take place in Dubai on October 5-6 alongside the 18th edition of the Water, Energy and Environment Exhibition (Wetex) as well as the first Dubai Solar Show.
A key plenary session of the summit will focus on climate change and next steps to implementing the Paris Agreement in which the UAE and 194 countries agreed to measures to keep global warming under temperature increases of 1.5 degrees Celsius in the century ahead.
The summit is scheduled ahead of the upcoming 22nd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 22) climate change summit in Marrakech, Morocco, on November 7-18 to prepare for entry into force of the Paris Agreement, signed last month by the UAE to reduce greenhouse gases.
The agreement still needs to be ratified by a majority of the original signatories.
Under the theme of ‘Driving Global Green Economy’, the summit will focus on how to drive, create and sustain a global green economy whilst outlining and positioning the UAE’s vision for its own green agenda going forward.
Saeed Mohammad Al Tayer, vice-chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, managing director and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), and chairman of the World Green Economy Summit, said summit organisers are keen to welcome global experts at a critical time in the world’s climate health.
“Naturally, considering the UAE’s role and commitments in the Paris Agreement and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, we look forward to welcoming these experts, and to delivering against our expected outcomes for 2016 and beyond,” Al Tayer said in a statement on Sunday.
This year’s summit will follow on the success of the 2015 Dubai Declaration, which has served as a catalyst for progress post-event, examples of which include the launch of the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050, and the Paris Agreement at COP 21, which is currently being put into implementation.
