Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week reimagined for 2021 to support established agenda for eco-friendly restoration from COVID-19 | News

ABU DHABI, UAE, Jan. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW), the international platform for accelerating sustainable growth, hosted by Masdar, will be held from 18 to 21 January 2021 and reimagined pretty much.

ADSW 2021 will aspect a collection of large-amount digital occasions, which include the ADSW Summit, IRENA Assembly, Abu Dhabi Sustainable Finance Forum, Atlantic Council Worldwide Electrical power Forum, Youth 4 Sustainability Virtual Boards and the Environment Foreseeable future Power Summit Webinars.

His Excellency Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE’s Minister of Market and Superior Technology and Particular Envoy for Local weather Transform and Chairman of Masdar, claimed: “As our economies and industries start off to recover from the influence of the world wide pandemic, we have an option to established ambitious aims, invest in new systems and set the needed policies in put that will supply a sustainable recovery. Abu Dhabi Sustainability 7 days embodies the United Arab Emirate’s proactive and ahead-imagining tactic to local climate transform and sustainability and underlines the UAE’s position as a dependable, methods oriented global citizen, enabling dialogue to be turned into action.”

H.E. Dr Sultan Al Jaber will be delivering a keynote speech at the ADSW Summit, which will feature extra than 70 high-level speakers from all over the environment, like H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco, Head of Condition, Principality of Monaco, who will give a keynote speech on nationwide resilience in the context of Coivid-19. 

The speakers at the just one-day digital ADSW Summit will also include: H.R.H Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud, Founder and CEO, KBW Ventures H.E. Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, Controlling Director and Group CEO Mubadala Expense Organization H.E. Grace Fu, Minister for Sustainability and the Setting of the Republic of Singapore H.E. Sheikha Bodour  bint Sultan Al Qasimi, Founder & CEO, Kalimat Publishing Team H.E. Eng. Awaidha Murshed Al Marar, Chairman of Abu Dhabi Section of Strength, Francesco La Digital camera, Director Typical, IRENA Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Govt Director UN-Habitat Noel Quinn, Team Chief Govt Officer, HSBC Holdings Laurence Fink, Chairman and CEO BlackRock and Dr. Lucas Joppa, Chief Environmental Officer, Microsoft, in addition to quite a few other substantial – level speakers.

Using location pretty much on Tuesday 19 January, Masdar will host the ADSW Summit, which will around three two-hour sessions concentration on the pillars of “Reside & Move,” “Treatment & Have interaction,” and “Operate & Invest,” with each and every pillar discovering social, financial and technological opportunities to realize a ‘green recovery’ put up COVID-19.  

H.E. Ahmed Ali Al Sayegh, Minister of Condition and Chairman of Abu Dhabi Worldwide Sector (ADGM), mentioned: “The Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week is a testomony and extension of ADGM’s determination in the direction of satisfying the UAE and Abu Dhabi’s vision of an innovative, sustainable, and awareness-centered economic system. As the world strives to restoration, we can all do our part in advocating higher adoption of sustainable tactics and weather transform action to the profit of our individuals and potential generations. At ADGM, we will continue on to get the job done closely with companions to double-down on initiatives and awareness-sharing, such as the once-a-year Abu Dhabi Sustainable Finance Discussion board, to speed up sustainable financing and ground breaking things to do that strengthen robust economic enhancement and advancement in the UAE, and aid the broader area.”

H.E. Eng. Awaidha Murshed Al Marar, Chairman of Abu Dhabi Office of Electrical power, ADSW’s Principal Spouse stated: “The social and economic troubles posed by Covid-19 have emphasized the want to act collectively to push the sustainability agenda and scale up the green transition as an engine for a healthier recovery. Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week is an best system to deploy the power of the world-wide community as it brings with each other globe leaders and business experts to talk about the most pressing problems that impression our atmosphere and sustainable advancement. We glimpse forward to insightful discussions that uncover the put together influence of power, drinking water, food stuff and environment procedures, and to decisive world-wide motion for sustainable development in the put up-pandemic era.”

Francesco La Digicam, Director-Normal of the Intercontinental Renewable Electrical power Agency, stated: “The COVID-19 pandemic proceeds to cause unprecedented levels of disruption to life all over the globe. But the restoration period gives energy plan makers and the financial investment group a minute to realign their selections and actions with sustainable development, economic resilience, and shared prosperity. The IRENA Assembly and Abu Dhabi Sustainability 7 days stand for a beginning stage for a 12 months that we should appear to define as pivotal in our pursuit of a sustainable future.”

By means of initiatives and functions, ADSW is dedicated to the sharing of knowledge, implementation of techniques and the shipping and delivery of genuine-globe methods to tackle the issues relevant to sustainability and weather transform. As the initially world-wide event in the UAE’s Golden Jubilee calendar year, ADSW 2021 will enable galvanize additional collaboration amongst governing administration, business and neighborhood stakeholders to accomplish the United Nations Sustainable Development Objectives.

For around a ten years, Abu Dhabi has provided a sustainable system for the world wide neighborhood that has developed by way of its initiatives and functions to arise as a thought leader and catalyst that accelerates sustainable improvement all over the entire world.

The 2020 version of Abu Dhabi Sustainability 7 days hosted around 45,000 attendees from 170 countries, with extra than 500 large-degree speakers from around the earth.

To make certain the security of all participants, ADSW 2021 and all relevant higher-amount events will acquire place just about. The bodily application of ADSW will return in 2022.

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