COP28: UAE’s advanced tech, space sectors collaborate for climate action

COP28: UAE’s advanced tech, space sectors collaborate for climate action

Collaboration aims to harness emerging technological innovations and developments to tackle global climate change

Published: Mon 7 Aug 2023, 4:14 PM Last updated: Mon 7 Aug 2023, 4:17 PM

UAE’s key government entities in advanced technology and space sectors have joined forces to boost coordination in climate action ahead of COP28.

According to the agreement inked at the Abu Dhabi Energy Centre, the Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology (MoIAT), UAE Space Agency (UAESA), and COP28, through the Office of the UAE Special Envoy for Climate Change, will partner to engage support of local and global technology and space sectors for COP28. They will work together to encourage organisations in these sectors to share their contributions towards climate efforts at COP28’s Technology and Innovation Hub. The collaboration aims to harness emerging technological innovations and developments to tackle global climate change.

Sarah Al Amiri, Minister of State for Public Education and Advanced Technology, noted that the advanced technology and space sectors are “more than essential facets” of national economies.

“They are engines of innovation and critical enablers of net zero, accelerating the development of technologies that support climate action. This collaboration will help mobilise stakeholders of all sizes ahead of COP28, where MoIAT and UAESA will