World Future Energy Summit opens with collective call for collaboration – Gulf Today

World Future Energy Summit opens with collective call for collaboration – Gulf Today

Sheikha Shamma speaks at the opening of the event in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. WAM

With tempestuous Gulf rains acting as a timely reminder of the need for urgent climate action, the 16th edition of the World Future Energy Summit, hosted by Masdar, opened in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday with calls for collaborative action to ensure average global temperatures do not exceed that of pre-industrial times by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Delivering a keynote speech to open the three-day event at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (Adnec), Sheikha Shamma Bint Sultan Bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, President and CEO of the UAE Independent Climate Change Accelerators (UICCA), commended the recent collaborative launch of the Roadmap to 1.5°C by the COP Presidencies Troika, which consists of the UAE and the next two COP hosts, Azerbaijan and Brazil. Sheikha Shamma warned, however, that limiting global climate change to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels will “require unprecedented finance”.

“We know that effective climate action cannot take place if we work in silos,” the UICCA said. “Instead, we believe in the power of convening diverse voices to promote dialogue, knowledge exchange, and creative problem-solving. Forums such as World Future Energy Summit offer crucial opportunities for actors