United Arab Emirates University launches roadmap for COP28

United Arab Emirates University launches roadmap for COP28

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The United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) has launched its strategic plan of action leading up to the meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28).

COP28 will be hosted by the UAE in Dubai Expo City in November 2023. Present at the ceremony were Her Excellency Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, His Excellency Zaki Nusseibeh, UAEU Chancellor and Cultural Adviser to His Highness the President of the UAE, and representatives of several strategic partners in the government and private sectors.

Chancellor Zaki Nusseibeh highlighted the pivotal role that UAEU plays in advancing the nation’s strategic aims in the domain of sustainable development. Mr. Nusseibeh 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.

His Excellency Zaki