It is a global platform that aims to strengthen partnerships and supports international cooperation to face challenges

Expo 2020 Dubai will host the World Green Economy Summit

The World Summit attaches great importance to youth and works to strengthen the role of entrepreneurs.

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The World Green Economy Summit - organized by the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) and the World Green Economy Organization, in cooperation with the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy and the United Nations Development Program - is an important global platform aimed at strengthening partnerships and exchanging experiences among the most prominent decision makers, and supporting cooperation between regional and global institutions and organizations from the public and private sectors, in a way that encourages the transition to a green economy.

The summit - which will be held in its seventh session on the sixth and seventh of next October, at the site of Expo 2020 Dubai - is a strategic platform to support international cooperation in facing global challenges, and to promote sustainable development and investments in the field of green economy.

It is expected that the "2021 session" will be broader and more comprehensive than any previous session of the summit, as it coincides with the organization of the "Dubai Expo", which enhances the success of the summit in consolidating Dubai's position as the global capital of the green economy.

Important initiatives

Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Vice Chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy and Chairman of the World Green Economy Summit, said that the summit supports the efforts of the UAE to achieve the United Nations sustainable development goals for 2030, the UAE Green Agenda 2030, and the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050, noting that the state Several important initiatives have been launched to accelerate the transition towards a green economy.

He added that the pioneering projects being implemented, such as solar power plants, encouraging the use of environmentally friendly electric cars, digital transformation, and building sustainable low-carbon urban communities, contribute to supporting the rational leadership strategy towards achieving a sustainable future in all vital sectors in the country.

Pilot projects

Al Tayer stressed that Dubai has made important strides in its path towards sustainable development, as it launched pioneering projects in renewable and clean energy, most notably the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Energy Complex, the largest solar energy complex in one location in the world, with a production capacity of 5,000 megawatts by 2030, which will enhance the leadership of the state, especially Dubai, as a successful model for sustainability around the world.

The role of youth

It is noteworthy that the World Green Economy Summit attaches great importance to youth, and works to enhance the role of young entrepreneurs, due to their capabilities to find innovative and sustainable solutions that would contribute to advancing the green growth process, to achieve sustainable development at various local, regional and international levels.

The summit regularly witnesses organizing youth workshops to encourage them to engage in sustainable development and the green economy, before they enter the labor market.

VIPs, officials, specialists, speakers, experts and global and local investors participate in the seminars, with the aim of encouraging the contribution of the younger generation to efforts to achieve sustainability.

"Climate Week"

The UAE will host the “Middle East and North Africa Climate Week 2022”, from the second to the third of March 2022, during the Expo 2020 Dubai, to enhance the momentum of climate action in the region.

The event, the first of its kind in the countries of the region, will bring together a group of leaders and influential figures from the government, private and civil society sectors, to discuss the threats arising from the phenomenon of climate change, and to strengthen frameworks for fruitful cooperation in taking swift and bold measures to confront this great challenge.

It will provide opportunities to forge strong partnerships, build fruitful relationships between regional stakeholders, as well as showcase the latest pioneering technologies that can help the region adapt quickly and efficiently to climate change.

• The summit promotes sustainable development and investments in the green economy.

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