UAE President pronounces 2023 as ‘Year of Sustainability’

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President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has introduced 2023 because the ‘Year of Sustainability’.

Taking to his official Twitter deal with, Sheikh Mohamed highlighted that “effective climate action requires a shared vision and collective will”.

“As the host of COP28, we are committed to fulfilling our role as a global convener,” His Highness added.

The UAE chief mentioned the nation “will continue to support action and innovation in the field of sustainability”.

2023 is the Year of Sustainability within the UAE. Effective local weather motion requires a shared imaginative and prescient and collective will. As host of COP28, we’re dedicated to fulfilling our position as a worldwide convener and can proceed to assist motion and innovation within the discipline of sustainability.

— محمد بن زايد (@MohamedBinZayed) January 20, 2023

Sheikh Mohamed, “The nation continues to function an distinctive mannequin for environmental conservation and useful resource administration. The late Sheikh Zayed was a worldwide chief in environmental and local weather motion, abandoning a legacy that we proceed to observe right this moment.

“Today for Tomorrow embodies the UAE’s approach and commitment to sustainability and its responsibility to protect the future. By working, making efforts and initiating actions today, we are ensuring that we leave behind a legacy of stewardship for future generations, just as our ancestors did for us.”

Sheikh Mohamed additionally emphasised that the ‘Year of Sustainability’ has explicit significance because the UAE prepares to host the twenty eighth United Nations local weather change summit, Conference of Parties (COP28). He acknowledged that the UAE is decided for COP28 to set a precedent within the collective world efforts to handle local weather change.

The ‘Year of Sustainability’ will embody a number of initiatives and actions that draw upon the UAE’s deep-rooted values of sustainability and the legacy of its founder, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan.

It may even concentrate on environmental sustainability by inspiring collective motion by means of a nationwide dedication in direction of sustainable practices, consistent with the UAE’s nationwide technique, bringing collectively everybody who calls the UAE house to work in direction of a affluent future.

The yr additionally goals to showcase the UAE’s dedication in direction of fostering a worldwide collaboration in in search of modern options to challenges, reminiscent of power, local weather change and different urgent points associated to sustainability.