UAE Business: ADSW opening and ZSP awards to be held at Expo 2020 – Gulf Digital News

UAE Business: ADSW opening and ZSP awards to be held at Expo 2020 – Gulf Digital News

The Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) Opening Ceremony and the Zayed Sustainability Prize (ZSP) Awards Ceremony will take place at the Expo 2020 Dubai on Monday January 17, 2022.

 

The announcement was made during Expo 2020's Climate and Biodiversity Week (the first of 10 Theme Weeks that anchor the Programme for People and Planet) which aims to mobilise the world to take decisive action for the health of our world. 

 

Bringing ADSW's vital platforms to Expo 2020 will further demonstrate the UAE's leading role in driving action on climate change, at home, in the region, and throughout the world.

 

ADSW, hosted by Masdar, is one of the largest of gatherings of its kind, which welcomes each year more than 45,000 participants from more than 170 countries. The week will return between January 15 and 19, 2022 and feature a series of high-level in person and virtual events.

 

Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, Special Envoy for Climate Change, and Chairman of Masdar, said:  Hosting the opening of ADSW together with the ZSP award ceremony at Expo 2020 Dubai will serve to reinforce the UAE's commitment to climate action and sustainability, as key drivers of the UAE's progressive model