UAE green council reviews progress
DUBAI, September 28, 2015
UAE’s Emirates Green Development Council (EGDC) recently held its second meeting in Dubai, during which it reviewed the suggested strategic partnerships aimed at developing EGDC’s key programme outputs.
The meeting also focused on the significance of such collaborations in building the capacity and know how within the concerned parties of the council, the methodology used in their selection, and their different levels of representation.
Led by Dr Rashid Ahmed Bin Fahad, Minister of Environment and Water, the meeting discussed the Smart Dashboard adopted to measure EGDC’s performance, objectives, activities and outputs.
During the meeting, the attendees looked into the significant developments following the formation of EGDC’s national committees, namely the National Committee for Knowledge based Economy; the National Committee for Development and Quality of Life; the National Committee for Environmental Sustainability; the National Committee for Clean Energy and Adaptation to Climate Change; and the National Committee for Green Life. The members were briefed about the committees’ functions and proposed work plans alongside the fundamental current programmes.
The council was updated about its Identity as well as the status of the UAE’s green economy Report, its objectives, and key achievements since the release of the initiative’s first report, and the mechanisms used to review the content and accordingly revise the report’s contents.
The members also examined the initiative’s second report which introduced new objectives and activities, including relevant events, ‘green economy’ development projects, significant green innovations, and areas for global environmental developments. – Reuters