UAEU launches its COP28 roadmap

UAEU launches its COP28 roadmap

This United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) today launched its strategic plan of action leading up to the meeting of the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. COP28 will be hosted by the UAE in Dubai Expo City in November 2023. Present at the ceremony were Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and the Environment, Zaki Nusseibeh, Cultural Adviser to the UAE President and UAEU Chancellor, and representatives of several strategic partners in the government and private sectors. In his address, Chancellor Nusseibeh highlighted the pivotal role that UAEU plays in advancing the nation’s strategic aims in the domain of sustainable development. He confirmed that the UAEU Roadmap to COP28 and Beyond will encourage efforts in line with the UAE Net Zero by 2050 strategic initiative and the COP28 agenda. The roadmap has three major themes: Research and Innovation, Youth Empowerment, and Local and International Partnerships. Work under these themes falls under thirty-five initiatives with measurable outcomes and has not only already started but will continue after COP28. The focus of the initiatives is sustainable energy, waste reduction, and the reuse of natural resources. The Chancellor concluded by saying, “UAEU