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Abu Dhabi’s energy sector is committed to supporting the global climate change agenda and the transformation to clean and renewable energy systems, said Awaidha Murshed Al Marar, Chairman of Abu Dhabi’s Department of Energy (DoE).
Al Marar was speaking ahead of the first Regional Summit on Climate, which is being held in Abu Dhabi on April 5. The event is taking place before the Leaders’ Summit on Climate in US.
this month, and the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) which takes place in November in Glasgow, UK.
“Thanks to the directives of the wise leadership, Abu Dhabi and the UAE are making pioneering efforts to fulfill their obligations towards reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, limiting the phenomenon of climate change, and achieving the highest levels of sustainability in the energy sector,” he said.
“We are striving to meet these goals by investing in clean and renewable energy, diversifying energy sources – including nuclear- and enhancing the efficiency of policies and regulations in a way that serves the optimum utilisation of resources for the sake of future generations.
“The Department of Energy in Abu Dhabi aims to achieve the UAE’s environmental and climate goals by employing all efforts to create more sustainable opportunities for the energy sector, adopting the latest global systems to upgrade the sector, and creating an environment conducive to establishing a greater number of energy and water projects that reinforce Abu Dhabi’s position as a global hub of sustainability,” he added.
Al Marar indicated that since its establishment, the DoE has been working to develop policies and regulations that support the UAE’s efforts to fulfill its obligations towards the Paris Climate Agreement and achieve the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). He reiterated that the UAE’s target was to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030 by 23.5 percent.