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DEWA to highlight climate action and sustainability efforts at inaugural Dubai Environment Conference and Exhibition · DEWA Podcasts

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  The inaugural Dubai Environment Conference and
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  Exhibition will be held under the patronage and
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  in the presence of His Highness Sheikh Ahmed
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  bin Saeed al -Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai
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  Supreme Council of Energy. The event will take
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  place on 7 and 8 September 2026 at the Grand
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  Hyatt Dubai. Under the theme, Protecting Our
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  Environment, Securing Our Future, it is organized
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  by the Dubai Environment and Climate Change Authority.
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  The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority will
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  showcase its key climate action, sustainability
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  and clean and renewable energy initiatives and
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  projects, and will join discussions that bring
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  together decision -makers, specialists and experts.
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  His Excellency Saeed Mohammed Al -Taya, MD and
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  CEO of the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority,
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  said, and I quote, We work in line with the vision
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  and directives 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, to consolidate
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  Dubai's position as a global model for sustainability,
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  the green economy and climate action. Our participation
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  in the Dubai Environment Conference and Exhibition
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  2026 underscores the importance of integrating
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  efforts among government and private sector entities,
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  as well as research and academic institutions
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  to develop practical and innovative solutions
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  that enhance resource efficiency, accelerate
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  the transition to clean energy, and support Dubai's
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  efforts to build a sustainable, low -carbon economy.
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  His Excellency Saeed Mohammed Al -Tayr added,
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  At Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, we
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  continue to develop innovative projects and initiatives
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  that contribute to diversifying the energy mix.
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  This supports the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy
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  2050 and the Dubai Net Zero Carbon Emission Strategy
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  2050 to provide 100 % of Dubai's energy production
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  capacity from clean sources by 2050. Indeed,
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  its stand will highlight the Mohammed bin Rashid
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  Al Maktoum Solar Park, the world's largest single
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  -site solar park based on the independent power
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  producer model, with a current production capacity
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  of 3 ,860 megawatts, expected to exceed 8 ,000
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  megawatts by 2030. The conference itself will
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  focus on six key themes, climate action, biodiversity,
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  food security, natural resources, circular economy,
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  and environmental artificial intelligence. And
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  on those themes, Engineer Hamad Salem Al -Shamsi,
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  Senior Manager for Climate Change and Sustainability
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  at the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority,
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  will participate in a panel discussion titled
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  Shifting Towards a Circular Economy – Going Beyond
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  Recycling. The session will explore ways to enhance
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  resource management and expand the concept of
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  the circular economy beyond recycling. towards
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  more comprehensive and sustainable models that
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  improve resource efficiency foster innovation
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  and support sustainable economic growth a rich
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  and ambitious agenda indeed