Ministry of Climate Change to sponsor Carbon Ambassadors’ project

DUBAI / WAM

The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment will sponsor the Sustainable Agriculture Container, a project developed by the second batch of the Carbon Ambassadors Programme, the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has announced.
The project aims to transform used service containers into sustainable agricultural containers, to spread environmental awareness, and encourage people to adopt an eco-friendly lifestyle.
DEWA launched the second
batch of the Programme in October 2015, as per the United Nations
Development Programme’s criteria, with support from the Dubai
Carbon Centre of Excellence
(Dubai Carbon).
The programme has theory and practical sessions with three learning modules that vary between e-learning courses and in-class lectures. These modules include Prince2 (Project Management), Green House Gas (GHG) Accounting Training, and Energy Saving Company (ESCO) Training. In addition to these modules, DEWA also provides a range of opportunities to delegates of the programme, enabling them to participate in global conferences, and workshops on sustainability such as COP21 in Paris, France, the IRENA Assembly, and Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week.
“The ministry strives to contribute to the UAE’s efforts in establishing the fundamentals of sustainable development and in protecting the environment. In line with our leadership’s directives, we are pleased to collaborate with the various entities in the country in order to attain development and prosperity,” said Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al-Zeyoudi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment.
The practical aspect of the programme consists of implementing turnkey projects, in partnership with a number of government and private entities.
The project aims to retrofit service containers, into sustainably functioning containers.