UAE President HH Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, ADSW will probably be setting a sustainability agenda forward of COP28, the Emirates Climate Conference.
The Gulf and the Middle East have gotten a middle for local weather change. The Sharm El Sheikh Green initiative by Saudi Arabia in Egypt set the tone this yr, and Abu Dhabi within the UAE will proceed in 2023.
Climate change additionally bought high protection on the simply concluded WTTC Summit in Riyadh.
The largest economies akin to Saudi Arabia and UAE have introduced 26 p.c and 31 p.c reductions of their emissions by 2030 from the “business-as-usual” degree. As subsequent yr’s COP28 goes to implement the primary world stocktaking course of (GSP), it’s a nice alternative for nations throughout the Middle East to showcase their efforts and achievements.
Starting with the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) 2023, the worldwide initiative championed by the UAE and its clear vitality powerhouse Masdar to speed up sustainable improvement, will function a sequence of high-level periods targeted on the important thing priorities for sustainable improvement forward of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), to be held within the UAE from November 30-December 12.
The fifteenth version of the annual occasion will probably be held below the patronage of UAE President HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan who has championed sustainability as a key pillar of the UAE’s financial and social progress and prosperity.
ADSW, going down from January 14 to 19, below the theme of ‘United on Climate Action Toward COP28,’ will convene heads of state, policymakers, business leaders, buyers, youth, and entrepreneurs, for a sequence of impactful dialogues on the transition to a net-zero future. Key stakeholders will focus on priorities for the worldwide local weather agenda at COP28, the necessity for all stakeholders throughout society to be engaged and included, and how you can leverage the assessments from the primary Global Stocktake of the Paris Agreement to speed up local weather progress at COP28 and past.
H.E. Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, Special Envoy for Climate Change, and Chairman of Masdar, mentioned, “For over 15 years, ADSW has strengthened the UAE’s dedication to addressing world challenges as a accountable chief driving local weather motion and sustainable financial improvement. ADSW 2023 will assist form the sustainability agenda and drive momentum towards COP28 within the UAE by convening the worldwide group and facilitating significant dialogue to foster consensus, groundbreaking partnerships and modern options.
“The world needs a just and inclusive energy transition that supports the needs of developing nations while ensuring a more sustainable future for us all. ADSW can serve as an ideal platform to accelerate the adoption of clean technologies and put partnerships together that can take them to scale around the world, leaving no one behind.”
ADSW 2023 will function for the primary time a Green Hydrogen Summit, hosted by Masdar’s inexperienced hydrogen enterprise, highlighting its potential to decarbonize key industries – serving to nations to realize their net-zero targets.
Earlier this month, Masdar formally introduced a brand new shareholding construction and the launch of its inexperienced hydrogen enterprise – forming a clear vitality powerhouse that may spearhead world decarbonization efforts. Masdar is now one of many largest clear vitality corporations of its form and is well-positioned to steer the business on a worldwide scale, strengthening the UAE’s position as an vitality chief.
The first worldwide sustainability gathering of the yr, ADSW 2023 will drive dialogue and debate round local weather motion within the run-up to COP28. The ADSW Summit, hosted by Masdar and going down on January 16, will deal with a variety of crucial matters together with Food and Water Security, Energy Access, Industrial Decarbonization, Health, and Climate Adaptation.
ADSW 2023 may even search to interact youth in local weather motion, with its Youth for Sustainability platform holding the Y4S Hub, which goals to draw 3,000 younger folks. ADSW 2023 may even function the annual discussion board for Masdar’s Women in Sustainability, Environment and Renewable Energy (WiSER) platform, giving ladies a better voice within the sustainability debate.
As in earlier years, ADSW 2023 may even function partner-led occasions and alternatives for worldwide engagement on sustainability-related matters, together with the International Renewable Energy Agency’s IRENA Assembly, the Atlantic Council Energy Forum, the Abu Dhabi Sustainable Finance Forum, and the World Future Energy Summit.
The 2023 ADSW may even mark the fifteenth anniversary of the Zayed Sustainability Prize – the UAE’s pioneering world award for recognizing excellence in sustainability. With 96 winners throughout its classes of Health, Food, Energy, Water, and Global High Schools, the Prize has positively impacted the lives of over 378 million folks around the globe, together with in Vietnam, Nepal, Sudan, Ethiopia, Maldives and Tuvalu.
Over the years, the Prize has offered communities internationally with entry to high quality training, clear meals and water, high quality healthcare, vitality, jobs, and improved group security.
With small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) making up roughly 90 p.c of companies worldwide, ADSW 2023 will welcome over 70 SMEs and start-ups throughout a number of sectors, together with Masdar City’s world initiative Innovate, which can showcase groundbreaking worldwide applied sciences.
Key dates for ADSW 2023 embody:
• 14 – 15 January: IRENA Assembly, Atlantic Council Energy Forum
• 16 January: Opening Ceremony, COP28 Strategy Announcement and Zayed Sustainability Prize Awards Ceremony, ADSW Summit
• 16 – 18 January: World Future Energy Summit, Youth 4 Sustainability Hub, Innovate
• 17 January: WiSER Forum
• 18 January: Green Hydrogen Summit and Abu Dhabi Sustainable Finance Forum