His Excellency Suhail bin Mohammed Al Mazrouei, Minister of Vitality and Infrastructure stated: “Because of the clever management’s imaginative and prescient, the UAE continues to drive efforts in the direction of reaching the purpose of net-zero by fostering cross-border, cross-sectoral partnerships. These partnerships can speed up the event and adoption of progressive decarbonization applied sciences. The UAE Local weather Tech aligns with this precedence and can strongly assist the nation’s local weather ambitions and commitments.”
He added, “On the Ministry of Vitality and Infrastructure, we purpose to contribute to the UAE’s net-zero drive by intently collaborating with our companions. We’ll leverage superior climate-smart applied sciences within the power, infrastructure, housing, and transportation sectors, in step with the UAE’s targets for the subsequent 50 years.”
HE Salem bin Khaled Al Qassimi, Minister of Tradition and Youth stated: “On the intersection of tradition and local weather lies a novel alternative to create a extra sustainable future for our planet. We should work collectively to cut back the affect of local weather change on the world’s cultural heritage and protect conventional and indigenous practices. I hope platforms just like the Local weather Tech Convention will assist provoke the dialogue to safeguard beneficial conventional information and produce it into the highlight. The UAE is proud to guide the cost on this route highlighting our dedication to local weather essential sectors.”
HE Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, The UAE Minister of State for Overseas Commerce stated: “Immediately, greater than 70 p.c of the UAE’s financial system is non-oil primarily based. We’re additionally one of many world’s main traders in renewable power, not simply at dwelling however throughout the creating world. These financial diversification and power transition ambitions, nonetheless, require each a continuing pursuit of recent applied sciences and a transparent understanding of how such applied sciences will be adopted on a mass scale. The UAE Local weather Tech Discussion board, organized by ADNOC and Masdar, is taking part in an more and more vital half in these efforts and, as such, is the best instance of how the UAE takes a progressive, next-generational strategy in the direction of reaching our obligations below the Paris Settlement. I sit up for supporting the discussion board and welcoming future applied sciences into the UAE ecosystem.”
Her Excellency Sarah bint Yousef Al Amiri, Minister of State for Public Training and Superior Expertise, stated: “Selling and accelerating local weather motion is a strategic precedence for the UAE. We’re working to drive decarbonization and sustainable development by way of an built-in ecosystem with coverage, expertise, entry to finance and public, personal and worldwide partnerships as the principle enablers.
“As a part of Operation 300Bn, we launched the Expertise Transformation Program to advertise the adoption and improvement of expertise purposes and options to drive efficiencies, speed up decarbonization throughout the whole industrial worth chain, and drive sustainable industrial development.
We’re additionally investing in R&D to drive technological developments in key areas together with hydrogen, CCUS, desalination, digital expertise and good mobility options in an effort to section out fossil gasoline emissions and create the inexperienced industries of the longer term.”
Her Excellency added: “The Ministry of Trade and Superior Expertise, in partnership with ADNOC and Masdar, is internet hosting the UAE Local weather Tech discussion board to showcase the UAE’s trajectory in the direction of decarbonization and Web Zero and the position that local weather applied sciences play in accelerating this path.
The discussion board is a vital regional and worldwide platform for coverage makers, expertise leaders, local weather specialists and business gamers to come back collectively and discover the promising potential and funding alternatives of local weather applied sciences and inexperienced industries in step with the Yr of Sustainability and the UAE’s preparations to host COP28.”
Abdulnasser Bin Kalban, CEO of Emirates World Aluminum (EGA) stated:“Reaching internet zero by 2050 would require new applied sciences, lots of which should be developed by industries working collectively. At UAE Local weather Tech we are going to talk about what now we have achieved by way of our greater than three a long time of expertise improvement at EGA, and what extra should be completed”.
Ahmed Mohamed Al Naqbi, Chief Government Officer at Emirates Improvement Financial institution stated: “Local weather change is without doubt one of the biggest challenges dealing with our world in the present day, and its affect is far-reaching. As we strategy COP28 in Dubai Expo Metropolis this November, the UAE Local weather Tech platform presents a chance for us to showcase the ability of cross-sectoral collaboration within the battle in opposition to local weather change. At Emirates Improvement Financial institution, we consider that financing renewables and power effectivity is essential to reaching the UAE’s Web Zero by 2050 objectives and driving sustainable improvement in step with world efforts. Our participation on this occasion permits us to attach with business leaders, finance specialists, and expertise innovators to speed up the shift in the direction of cleaner sources of power and a decarbonized financial system. We’re excited to share our imaginative and prescient and dedication to supporting the worldwide battle in opposition to local weather change and to collaborate with like-minded people and organizations to create a sustainable future for all.”
