Climate Ambassadors host the first batch of UAE’s university students

Climate Ambassadors host the first batch of UAE’s university students

DUBAI, 16th April 2023 (WAM) – The Climate Ambassadors Programme (CAP) hosted 30 university students from across the country yesterday and discussed several climate-related issues, notably ways to reduce carbon and greenhouse gas emissions worldwide.

This event is part of a series of CAP sessions held in Expo City Dubai. The students came from several UAE universities, including the American University of Sharjah (AUS), the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT), the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, Zayed University, New York University Abu Dhabi (NYU), and Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi.

Essa Al Hashmi, Assistant Under-Secretary for Sustainable Communities and Acting Assistant Under-Secretary for Green Development and Climate Change at the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE), said: "The Climate Ambassadors Programme reflects our commitment to involving students and youth in the climate action system by familiarising them with the scale of global challenges to climate change, and leveraging their abilities and ideas to find solutions to those challenges."

He added: "The Programme contributes to creating a new generation that believes in the importance of action and prioritizes climate change to lead international, governmental, and societal efforts to address the biggest challenge in human history. We are pleased to welcome the first