MD & CEO of DEWA launches Amazon/Antarctica experience
HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), introduced the Amazon/Antarctica Experience on 29 May 2016. The event was held at DEWA's head office, and enabled DEWA staff members, in addition to the public to learn about DEWA's expedition to Peru in 2016, and DEWA's exploration to Antarctica in 2015, through activities that mimic those that the expedition teams experienced while abroad. This aims to raise awareness about the value of climate change and protecting the environment.
The event was arranged under the guidance of DEWA's Sustainability and Climate Change Department as part of Strategy and Business Development. DEWA's Climate Change ambassadors will share their abilities, experiences, and knowledge gotten while abroad.
DEWA sent a group of workers on an expedition to the Peruvian Rainforest on 9 May 2016. The expedition ran for 12 days, and concentrated on 3 specific locations in Peru. These consisted of the desert coast, the cloud forests of the Andes, and the lowland rainforest. The expedition belonged to efforts to highlight the impacts of global warming.
"As part of efforts to accomplish sustainable advancement, based on understanding, innovation, and sustainable green growth, DEWA every year sends out employees to participate in environment change programmes all over the world, this supports the Dubai Plan 2021, and the long-term nationwide Green Economy for Sustainable Development initiative, launched by HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to develop a green economy in the UAE. DEWA cooperates with the global community in efforts to face climate modification, highlighting our role to embrace and carry out the best standards of sustainability, and launch new renewable resource tasks. We are pleased to release the Amazon/Antarctica Experience today, and produce a platform by which the Climate Change Ambassadors can share their skills and know-how with the audience and other DEWA staff members. This will raise awareness about the importance of securing the environment and our natural resources for generations to come," stated Al Tayer.
"Climate Change is among the most substantial challenges we deal with today, it is our duty to integrate efforts and discover an option to this concern, while limiting its effects. The expeditions reflect DEWA's dedication to securing the environment, and its efforts to enhance the abilities of Emirati skill, enabling them to end up being future leaders. Sustainability is a major part of DEWA's government and public identity. Staff enthusiasm to participate in this exploration shows their dedication as ambassadors to environmental issues, and their desire to raise awareness on the value of preserving our natural resources," included Al Tayer.
The audience was able to gain insight into the experiences witnessed by the Climate Change Ambassadors, too the skills they got during their visit to Ushuaia, Argentina. The audience were likewise able to experience the experiences had by the Climate Change Ambassadors throughout their see to Puerto Maldonado, in the Madre de Dios region of south-eastern Peru. Considered the most biologically diverse place on the planet, the area is a microcosm of the Amazon.
The ambassadors likewise informed the audience about the Tambopata national reserve, the Posada Amazonas reserve, the Refugio lodge reserve, the depths of the rainforest, and the town of Infierno, a community of native Ese'eja individuals.
The Champions informed the audience on ways to safeguard the forest, and restoring harmed areas of the rainforest, enabling the mitigation of climate modification. The Champions likewise highlighted tropical forests, and their role in climate change.
