UAE showcases it climate change efforts in Columbia University
H.E. Dr. Thani Al Zeyoudi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, joined a panel of international figures at Columbia University School of International as well as Public Affairs, to increase understanding as well as ensure the United Arab Emirates' enthusiastic actions in the area of climate change and environment. The panel included Mr. Adnan Amin, Director General of International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Mrs. Delphine Eyraud, from the French Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and also Energy, and Dr. Joe Aldy, Associate Professor at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
The event came ahead of the High-Level Signing Ceremony for the Paris Agreement, assembled by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 22 April 2016. The Ceremony will be the initial step in executing the Paris Climate Agreement, which was adopted in December 2015 to unite the world in taking nationally determined climate action.
H.E. Dr. Al Zeyoudi discussed the value of UAE's initiatives in resolving climate change, including the diversity of its economic situation, its international and also domestic initiatives to reduce as well as adjust to climate change, and also emphasized the economic as well as social advantages of taking social activity. H.E. Dr. Al Zeyoudi likewise stressed the significance of engaging the future generation and also called upon pupils in both nations to sign up with efforts in understanding climate resilient future.
"The UAE is diversifying its economic situation to not only combat climate change, and additionally guard its economy for future generations," said HE Dr. Al Zeyoudi. H.E. Dr. Al Zeyoudi additionally emphasized the nation's strategies aimed at safeguarding its one-of-a-kind ecological sources, specifically similar to concerns to water and aquatic environment conservation.
During the visit, H.E. Dr. Al Zeyoudi likewise met with Columbia faculty, to talk about collaboration in between the Ministry of Climate Change as well as Environment and Columbia University.
H.E. Dr. Al Zeyoudi also met with Yale University, to review potential partnership and also knowledge exchange between Yale and also the United Arab Emirates.
