Sheikh Mohamed opens COP28 with crisp remarks – Gulf Today

Sheikh Mohamed opens COP28 with crisp remarks – Gulf Today

Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan





United Arab Emirates President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan made a crisp and brief opening speech at the COP28 climate summit at Expo City in Dubai. He recalled first President of the UAE Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan’s vision of sustainable development by keeping the people at the centre and instilling respect for the environment among them. Sheikh Mohamed referred to Sheikh Zayed as “a leader who believed in love of the earth and respect for nature while establishing ways to conserve resources.”

Announcing a US$30 billion fund for global  climate solutions to stimulate raising and investing US$250 billion by 2030, he said the global fund is “designed to bridge the climate finance gap ensuring availability, accessibility and affordability of scale.” He said the UAE had spent US$100 billion so far in “financing climate action, focusing