HE Sarah Al Amiri: ‘Technology is critical to climate neutrality’

HE Sarah Al Amiri: ‘Technology is critical to climate neutrality’

Abu Dhabi, UAE: Technology is vital to accelerating industrial decarbonization and supporting net zero by 2050 targets, Her Excellency Sarah Al Amiri, Minister of State for Public Education and Advanced Technology, told the UAE Climate Tech forum on Thursday.

During a fireside chat titled ‘Technologies and Policies to Decarbonize Global Industry: A UAE Perspective’, Her Excellency said: “The decarbonization of the industrial sector is imperative to ensuring the success of global climate action efforts. In the UAE, we are spearheading a pragmatic, realistic and practical approach to decarbonization rooted in partnerships and bringing together all segments of society.

“There are three main pillars to this approach: transforming existing industries with advanced technologies, creating the green industries of the future, and decarbonizing hard-to-abate industries. We believe that with the right enablers: policy, technology, access to finance and partnerships, we can achieve climate targets.”

Transforming existing industries

Al Amiri said: “Technology and innovation play a key role in making existing industries more sustainable. Digitalization can significantly boost productivity and improve efficiency through technologies such as artificial intelligence, IoT, robotics, and blockchain, driving low-carbon production and decarbonization throughout value chains.

“The Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology launched the Technology Transformation Program (TTP) to drive the technological transformation