Emirates Diplomatic Academy-Ministry of Foreign Affairs Directorate of Energy and Climate Change workshop prepares UAE delegation for Paris meeting
The Emirates Diplomatic Academy (EDA), in partnership with the Directorate of Energy and Climate Change of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DECC-MoFA), organised a two-day training workshop to analyze the current developments around the global policy framework of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The well-attended workshop likewise analysed the most essential issues concerning climate modification for the UAE's environment modification working out delegation and other specialists operating in the field in the nation.
Titled 'Climate Change Diplomacy and the UNFCCC', the training course held at the EDA recently was focuseded on gearing up UAE diplomats and stakeholders with the most recent developments in this field. More than fifty diplomats and experts took part in the workshop, consisting of the UAE's climate modification team, consisted of arbitrators and stakeholders from a number of federal government companies, along with EDA personnel and students. The workshop sessions, which were led by specialists in the field from DECC-MoFA and EDA, examined multilateral environment change diplomacy and negotiations from both technical and political point of views.
"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs attaches great value to knowledge advancement in line with the vision of the UAE leadership to develop a competitive knowledge-based economy," said H.E. Dr. Thani Al Zeyoudi, Permanent Representative of the UAE to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and Director of Energy and Climate Change at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
"Workshops such as this one are an essential component of structure storage capacity of UAE diplomats as well as stakeholders participated in environment modification negotiations, specifically in view of the crucial environment modification conference in the history of climate diplomacy beginning later this month in Paris," he described. Environment modification is an issue of the highest importance internationally, and one where the UAE's leadership wants to position the nation as a positive idea leader. At the exact same time, climate policy has influence on energy, economic advancement and other locations of nationwide interest for the UAE.
At the UN Climate Change Conference, also known 'COP 21', which will take location in Paris, France, from 30 November to 11 December 2015, 195 nations are anticipated to reach a universal arrangement that will regulate climate actions after 2020 in order to prevent an unsafe rise in global average temperature levels and enable countries to adapt to its unfavorable impacts. Speaking at the close of the event, Mariam Al Mahmoud, EDA Spokesperson and Director of Executive Education, stated: "we are pleased to have actually collaborated with MoFA on this successful training course on climate change diplomacy. This workshop is an exceptional example of the type of useful training the EDA supplies to UAE specialists operating in the field of diplomacy and international relations.".
EDA's profile of innovative and useful executive education courses are developed for individuals currently working as part of the UAE's diplomacy and diplomatic corps and other government entities. Combining rigorous scholastic understanding, contemporary research, and high-level useful experience, these courses are led by EDA's in-house faculty and trainers, and are complemented by courses developed in partnership with EDA's local and international institutional partners.
