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DEWA showcases flagship sustainability projects to high-level delegation under UAE’s Global SDG Leadership Programme · DEWA Podcasts

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  Welcome to today's Sustainability Spotlight.
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  I'm bringing you an important update from Dubai.
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  Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, known
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  as DIWA, recently hosted 30 leaders from 15 countries
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  at its Sustainability and Innovation Center as
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  part of the Global Sustainable Development Goals
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  Leadership Program. His Excellency Saeed Mohammed
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  Altayr, MD and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water
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  Authority, emphasized the significance of this
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  visit, stating, We are proud to empower governmental,
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  national, and global leaders with the latest
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  tools, knowledge, and skills to lead efforts
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  to achieve SDGs. This visit promotes Dubai Electricity
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  and Water Authority's position as a global center
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  for knowledge exchange in the field of sustainable
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  development and a real contributor to the UN's
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  2030 Agenda. His Excellency continued, following
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  the directives of the wise leadership, Dubai
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  Electricity and Water Authority has taken proactive
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  steps to recognize the importance of the United
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  Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2030 since
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  their announcement in 2015, and we actively support
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  international and local initiatives and efforts
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  that aim to achieve them. As a member of the
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  UN Global Compact, Dubai Electricity and Water
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  Authority attaches great importance to supporting
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  all of these goals, including Goal 6 on clean
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  water and sanitation, Goal 7 on affordable and
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  clean energy, Goal 8 on decent work and economic
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  growth, Goal 9 on industry, innovation and infrastructure,
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  Goal 12 on responsible consumption and production,
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  and Goal 13 on climate action. Our efforts culminated
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  in Dubai Electricity and Water Authority winning
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  the 2021 edition of the European Foundation for
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  Quality Management UN SDGs Challenge. The delegation
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  toured the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar
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  Park, the world's largest single -site solar
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  park. By 2030, its capacity will exceed 8 ,000
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  megawatts, reducing carbon emissions by 8 .5
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  million tonnes annually. Key highlights include
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  Diwa's Green Hydrogen Project, the first in the
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  Middle East and North Africa to produce hydrogen
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  using solar energy, and the EV Green Charger
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  Initiative with over 1 ,500 charging points across
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  Dubai. Visitors praise Diwa's multi -layered
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  approach and commitment to climate action and
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  net -zero vision. Thank you for listening.