UAE: 1,000 health workers create giant Onam floral carpet to highlight COP28, Year of Sustainability

UAE: 1,000 health workers create giant Onam floral carpet to highlight COP28, Year of Sustainability

The team showcased the essence of 17 Global Goals like No Poverty, Zero Hunger, Gender Equality, and Climate Action among others

Sunjay Sudhir, Mohmmed Ahmed Al Yamahi, and Naema Al Sharhan, with Burjeel Holdings management officials and healthcare workers. — Supplied photos

Published: Sat 26 Aug 2023, 8:04 PM

More than 1,000 healthcare workers in Abu Dhabi united on Saturday to spread the word on sustainable development and climate action through a uniquely crafted giant floral carpet – a tradition marking Onam, the harvest festival of the Indian state of Kerala.

Paying a floral tribute to the UAE’s Year of Sustainability and the COP28 to be held in Dubai this year, hundreds of frontline workers meticulously laid out a 250sqm ‘pookkalam’, a floral carpet, designed to mirror the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as Global Goals.

Staff on traditional Kerala attire with officials during the Onam celebrations at Burjeel.

The COP28 UAE will see the first Global Stocktake taking place at the mid-point in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its SDGs.

Marking the all-important year for the UAE and the world, Abu Dhabi-headquartered Burjeel Holdings highlighted the need for united action on sustainability and the climate crisis. Arranging the