The activities of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week continue within the activities of Expo 2020 Dubai, with a focus on the role of youth and women towards innovation and sustainability.
The activities of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week will continue until next Wednesday, and the activities were launched with the holding of the General Assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) on January 15-16.
The Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week Summit was held yesterday, Monday, and the World Future Energy Summit, the “Innovate” initiative, and a Youth Center for Sustainability will be held from January 17 to 19, and the Women’s Forum for Sustainability, Environment and Renewable Energy will be held on Tuesday, January 18, and the Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum on January 18-19, and the Abu Dhabi Sustainable Finance Forum on January 19.
world future energy summit
The World Future Energy Summit will be held today, Tuesday, and it represents a global platform that brings together innovators and entrepreneurs in the field of energy, clean technology and efficiency to build a sustainable future.
The summit will host more than 840 exhibitors from 40 countries, to showcase the latest solutions in the areas of clean energy, water, waste management, mobility, and smart city infrastructure.
The summit will include holding various forums to discuss the main challenges and new trends that shape the prospects for sustainable development around the world.
“Youth for Sustainability”
The “Youth for Sustainability” platform will be held under the patronage of Sheikh Khalid bin Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Member of the Executive Council of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and Head of the Abu Dhabi Executive Office, from January 17 until tomorrow, Wednesday, January 19, from 9 am to 5 pm. .
The platform provides opportunities that will enable young people to become effective leaders who contribute to global efforts to build a more sustainable future. The platform includes two programmes: Future Sustainability Leaders and Sustainability Ambassadors. The platform provides mentoring opportunities and educational programs targeting young professionals and students with the aim of developing their skills and empowering them to become future sustainability leaders.
During Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, the platform is represented by an interactive center that attracts regarding 3,000 students throughout the week.
“create”
Today’s activities witness the continuation of the activities of the second day of the global “Innovate” initiative led by Masdar City to discover and nurture the next generation of innovators of sustainable technologies.
The initiative brings together investors, innovators and the technology ecosystem in Abu Dhabi, and focuses on the areas of mobility, clean energy, agricultural technologies, food security, water, energy storage and artificial intelligence.
As part of its year-round program, the “Innovate” event will hold live and virtual activities during Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, one of the largest sustainability gatherings in the world. Activities will include an exhibition center dedicated to displaying innovations and communicating with potential investors, in addition to a virtual event dedicated to innovators that will allow them to participate in discussion sessions, and a specialized content center on the Masdar City website.
Innovate participants will be able to explore the unique advantages of setting up a business in Masdar City, a global destination for research, development, technology and innovation.
Women’s Sustainability Forum
Today, Tuesday, the Women’s Forum for Sustainability, Environment and Renewable Energy will be held from 4 pm to 5:30 pm, and it is considered the main event within the “Women’s Sustainability, Environment and Renewable Energy” platform. This event is held annually within Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, one of the leading global gatherings concerned with accelerating the pace of sustainable development, and attracts elite decision makers, sector leaders and influential personalities from around the world to discuss sustainability issues with a focus on achieving gender balance.
The forum aims to encourage new ideas, practical solutions and cooperation to empower current and future generations of women to become sustainability leaders. At the conclusion of each session of the forum, a report is drawn up to serve as the most important outcomes of the forum, and focuses on reviewing the discussions that took place and the main outcomes proposed for them, in addition to providing a detailed overview of the topics of discussion.
The Women’s Forum for Sustainability, Environment and Renewable Energy will discuss many important issues related to empowering women and giving them equal access to clean energy, as well as exploring solutions that achieve gender equality and thus support the achievement of the United Nations goal of providing modern, sustainable, reliable and low-cost sources of energy for all around the world by 2030.
3 main goals
The activities of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week have been officially launched since January 17 and will continue until January 19.
As the first major international event in the field of sustainability to be held following the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 26), Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week attracts a distinguished group of leaders and experts interested in climate change, including state leaders, policy makers, sustainability experts and technology pioneers, in addition to To a number of young leaders in this field.
Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2022 focuses on taking effective steps and actions in three areas, including international cooperation and leadership, economic development, and technology and innovation.
The objectives of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week are in line with the “Fifty Principles” document, which constitutes the strategic path of the UAE during a new era and reflects the state’s vision and its keenness to promote development efforts in various economic, political and social fields.
As one of the largest gatherings concerned with discussing sustainability issues, Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week provides a global platform for cooperation, knowledge exchange, investment and innovation, as it attracts more than 45,000 participants annually representing more than 170 countries, and hosts nearly 1,000 international companies.