UAE’s voluntary commitment to climate action at upcoming COP27 in Egypt

UAE’s voluntary commitment to climate action at upcoming COP27 in Egypt

The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment will present a comprehensive plan at the annual summit, which will be held at Sharm el-Sheikh between November 6 and 18

Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri. Photo: WAM

Published: Sun 30 Oct 2022, 4:26 PM Last updated: Sun 30 Oct 2022, 4:30 PM

The UAE’s journey in climate action began three decades ago, when it joined the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and will reach new heights next year when the nation hosts the 28th Conference of the Parties to the Convention (COP28). The event will include the first global stocktaking of the countries’ progress in implementing their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement that was signed in November 2016.

Over these more than 30 years, thanks to the vision and directives of its wise leadership, the UAE achieved three milestones that testify to its voluntary commitment to protecting the planet and raising its climate ambition to ensure a better, more sustainable future.

The UAE submitted its first NDC to the UNFCCC Secretariat in 2016 after signing the Paris Agreement as the first country in the region. In its second NDC in 2020, the UAE pledged to boost the share of clean energy in the