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Under the patronage of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum WGES 2026 kicks off tomorrow under the theme ‘From Success to Scale: Showcasing the Green Economy’ · DEWA Podcasts

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  So the programme is set. The World Green Economy
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  Summit opens its doors tomorrow at the Dubai
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  World Trade Centre. And the 12th edition may
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  be its most significant yet. Agreed. Let me lay
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  out the essentials exactly as they stand. Under
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  the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed
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  bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime
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  Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, the Dubai
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  Supreme Council of Energy, Dubai Electricity
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  and Water Authority and the World Green Economy
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  Organisation are organising the 12th edition
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  of the World Green Economy Summit on the 21st
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  and 22nd of October 2026 at the Dubai World Trade
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  Centre under the theme From Success to Scale,
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  showcasing the green economy. A strong statement
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  of intent. What scale are we looking at in participation?
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  135 speakers. Ministers, business leaders, government
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  officials, decision makers, experts and innovators
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  from around the world. They will exchange insights
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  and expertise and showcase proven models and
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  solutions that can be scaled up to drive the
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  green economy journey forward. And who heads
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  the list? Her Highness Sheikha Dr Shama Mohammed
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  Khalid Al Nahyan, Chairperson of the Board of
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  Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalid Al Nahyan Cultural
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  and Educational Institutions. His Excellency
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  Saeed Mohammed Al -Tayr, Vice -Chairman of the
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  Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, MD, and Chief
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  Executive Officer of Dubai Electricity and Water
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  Authority, and Chairman of the World Green Economy
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  Organisation. Her Excellency Dr. Amna Bint Abdullah
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  Al -Dahak, the UAE Minister of Climate Change
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  and Environment. His Excellency Dr. Aliyu Ghori
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  Diouf. Senegal's Minister of Environment and
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  Ecological Transition. And His Excellency Stephen
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  Victor, Palau's Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries
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  and Environment. Joined by His Excellency Ahmed
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  Bouti al -Muherbi, Secretary General of the Dubai
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  Supreme Council of Energy and Vice -Chairman
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  of the Executive Committee of the Emirates Energy
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  Award. And His Excellency Abdullah Balala, the
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  UAE's Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for
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  Energy and Sustainability. Correct. Business
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  and industry are equally represented. Darin Kimur,
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  Chief Executive Officer of AI Squared. Dr. Arshad
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  Mansour, President and Chief Executive Officer
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  of EPRI. Saeed Al Abar, Chief Executive Officer
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  and Founder of AESG. Amel Chadli, President of
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  Schneider Electric's Gulf Cluster. Yousif Luta,
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  Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Luta Biofuels.
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  and Bashar al -Natur, Managing Director and Global
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  Head of Islamic Finance at Fitch Ratings. On
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  the summit's significance, His Excellency Saeed
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  Mohammed Al -Tayr said, and I quote, World Green
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  Economy Summit reinforces the UAE's position
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  as a key global partner in catalyzing investment
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  opportunities for climate action and the green
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  economy. The summit accelerates innovations and
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  practices that address rapid challenges and drive
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  an outstanding shift towards scaling up the implementation
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  of green solutions. A clear message. Now the
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  substance. The summit rests on four main thematic
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  pillars. Energy technology and infrastructure.
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  Business strategy and transition. Water and food
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  security. And finance. These are complemented
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  by three cross -cutting themes. Artificial intelligence.
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  governance and system enablers, supply chains
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  and circular economy. And the agenda features
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  high -level sessions on the technologies, investments
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  and policy approaches shaping the transition.
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  On clean energy and innovation. The innovation
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  equation. How to bring down the cost of green.
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  Decarbonising at scale. Clean energy solutions
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  for net zero. Driving success. The Middle East's
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  energy storage solutions. Electricity for all.
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  How clean energy is becoming more accessible.
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  And powering AI sustainably. Advancing smarter
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  and greener data centres. The economic and investment
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  track is just as strong. Green as a growth strategy.
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  The business case for sustainability. The $7
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  trillion opportunity. Which sectors are winning
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  and why? Proving ROI. The success of climate
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  investments and projects. Green finance and the
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  GCC. How the region is leveraging green finance.
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  Blended finance. Unlocking the power of innovative
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  solutions. And the business case for climate
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  resilience. There is also the infrastructure,
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  water and food security track. Exporting utility
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  excellence. Extending Dubai's leading infrastructure
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  models to global markets. Reverse osmosis and
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  next generation technologies, transforming the
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  future of clean water. And feeding a warmer world,
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  the tech transforming food production. And one
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  more milestone. The summit will host a session
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  to announce the next cycle of the Emirates Energy
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  Award. Practically then. Day one opens tomorrow
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  at 9 o 'clock in the morning at the Sheikh Rashid
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  Hall at the Dubai World Trade Center. and day
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  two, the 22nd of October, runs from nine in the
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  morning to four in the afternoon. From success
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  to scale. The record is there to be showcased,
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  and the work now is to replicate it.