United Arab Emirates: His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed participates in 2nd Green Middle East summit Sharm el-Sheikh

United Arab Emirates: His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed participates in 2nd Green Middle East summit Sharm el-Sheikh

H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, took part in the 2nd Green Middle East Initiative summit (MGI).

The summit is held in tandem with UN climate conference COP27, which opened in Sharm el-Sheikh on Sunday.

The Summit was co-chaired by Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, and His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister, along with a host of world leaders; Presidents and Heads of Government of GGC; Middle East, Africa and international partners.

In his opening address at the MGI Summit, HRH the Saudi Crown Prince said: “If we are to achieve the desired objectives of the ambitious Middle East Green Initiative, continued regional cooperation and active contributions by member countries are needed to achieve global climate goals and accelerate the implementation commitments as part of international agreements.

He added that two goals guide the MGI climate action roadmap. The first focuses on emissions reduction and serves to support efforts across the region to reduce emissions by 670 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e). This figure represents the nationally determined contributions (NDCs) from all countries in the region, which represented 10 percent of global contributions at the time