UAE, Austria sign energy security partnership to promote progressive climate action

UAE, Austria sign energy security partnership to promote progressive climate action

Abu Dhabi: The UAE and Austria have signed a Strategic Energy Security and Industrial Cooperation (SESIC) partnership, state news agency WAM reported on Thursday. The SESIC will focus on projects of mutual interest in refined products, liquefied natural gas (LNG), renewables, and hydrogen and its derivatives. It will further promote sustainable development, decarbonisation and progressive climate action as both countries work towards achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the Glasgow Climate Pact. The partnership was signed during the Austrian Chancellor’s state visit to the UAE by Dr. Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, UAE Special Envoy for Climate Change, and Managing Director and Group CEO of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), and Dr. Magnus Brunner, Austrian Federal Minister of Finance. President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Karl Nehammer, Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Austria, have witnessed the signing of the partnership. “The UAE and Austria enjoy close and friendly bilateral relations and we are further deepening our ties through this new Strategic Energy Security and Industrial Cooperation partnership,” said Sheikh Mohamed. “The UAE will continue to be a reliable and responsible energy provider, building and strengthening partnerships