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World Green Economy Organization launches the ‘Green Circles’ platform to achieve a low-carbon future · DEWA Podcasts

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  Okay, let's unpack this. We all know the world
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  needs to go green, but there's this huge challenge.
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  It's not about the vision. It's the execution.
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  It's always the execution. Right. How do leaders
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  and businesses actually accelerate this shift
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  without, you know, getting bogged down in just
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  theory and more commitments? And that is the
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  exact barrier we're going to talk about today.
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  We're doing a deep dive into the World Green
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  Economy Organization or WGEO and their new effort.
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  What's the official title? It's titled World
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  Green Economy Organization launches the Green
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  Circles platform to achieve a low carbon future.
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  Green Circle. So what is that exactly? Is it
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  a conference? a new tool, or what are we looking
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  at here? Think of it more as an action engine.
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  Its real goal is to unify the visions of leaders,
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  policymakers, business leaders, everyone, really,
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  to create some meaningful change. Unifying visions.
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  And crucially, it focuses on these strategic
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  partnerships between the public and private sectors.
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  It's about turning policy into, well... Actual
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  investment. OK, so that immediately hits on that
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  theory versus practice gap we were talking about.
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  Sound like green circles is meant to be the blueprint.
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  It is. It provides a practical framework. And
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  look, they've already put out two white papers
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  with actionable solutions, clear roadmaps for
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  businesses. So they're not waiting around. Not
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  at all. And to really get the strategic thinking
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  behind it, you have to hear it from the top.
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  From His Excellency Saeed Mohammed Al -Tayr,
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  the chairman of World Green Economy Organization,
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  he really laid out the vision. His Excellency
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  Sayyid Mohammed Altair said, the Green Circles
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  platform represents a practical embodiment of
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  our strategic vision to lead the global transition
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  towards a resilient green economy. We seek to
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  build innovative dialogue mechanisms that connect
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  policy, investment, and innovation, translating
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  global trends into tangible outcomes. Through
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  this initiative, we aim to strengthen partnerships
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  that accelerate the transition to a green economy,
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  keep pace with the rapid momentum of climate
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  action, and support the UN's sustainable development
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  goals at both regional and global levels. Ultimately,
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  we seek to empower an integrated, partnership
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  -driven system to achieve a low -carbon future.
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  that's a powerful intent translating global trends
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  into tangible outcomes that's the key phrase
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  for me right there. It is. It's all about that
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  connection. And he added to that, really emphasizing
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  the cooperation aspect. What did he add? His
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  Excellency Saeed Mohammed Al -Tayyar added, the
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  initiative underscores world green economy organizations'
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  pivotal role in strengthening cooperation between
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  the public and private sectors, creating an interactive,
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  results -driven dialogue environment, and accelerating
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  the transition towards an inclusive and sustainable
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  green economy through effective partnerships
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  and knowledge exchange. If that's the framework,
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  where have they started putting it into practice?
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  You said they've already been busy. They have.
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  WGEO has already organized two major sessions
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  to get this going. Okay. Where and with who?
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  So the first one was very significant. It was
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  with the American Business Council in Dubai.
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  And they held it at the Dubai Electricity and
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  Water Authority Sustainability and Innovation
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  Center. That's a big deal. You've got global
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  commerce and critical city infrastructure in
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  the same room from day one. Exactly. And then
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  the second session aims for an even broader impact.
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  It was with Dubai Chambers during the World Green
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  Economy Summit 2025. So you bring in the American
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  business interests, then you bring in the entire
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  local commerce body. The signal seems to be that
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  this framework applies to everyone. That's the
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  idea. And the output from these meetings wasn't
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  just, you know, a summary of the conversation.
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  Right. It was the white papers you mentioned.
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  What did they focus on? The titles really tell
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  the story. The first is accelerating the transition
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  to responsible business. OK, so that's about
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  internal change. Correct. And the second is enabling
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  the sustainability ecosystem for responsible
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  business. So that one looks at all the external
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  support you need, the financing, the policy,
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  the tech. So it's a complete playbook. It's not
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  just about compliance. It's. Defining what a
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  responsible business actually looks like in practice.
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  Precisely. And if you step back, you can see
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  this is central to WGEO's whole strategy. They're
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  moving from just being thought leaders to providing
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  practical tools that anyone can pick up and use.
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  It's about building a toolbox. Yeah. And they
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  have a call to action, right, for our listeners.
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  A very clear one. They are actively looking for
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  partners. That means government entities, private
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  companies, universities, international organizations,
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  anyone really. To host more of these sessions
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  and expand the platform. Yes. Build this out
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  globally and achieve what they're calling a more
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  prosperous and sustainable green future. Which
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  brings up a final thought, and this one is for
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  you listening. What challenge or opportunity
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  from your own sector could be tackled by joining
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  a global dialogue like Green Circles? It's something
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  to really think about.