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World Green Economy Summit: From Success to Scale -By HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Vice Chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, MD & CEO of DEWA, and Chairman of WGEO · DEWA Podcasts

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  His Excellency Saeed Mohammed Al -Tayyar, Vice
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  Chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy,
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  Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
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  of the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority,
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  and Chairman of the World Green Economy Organization,
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  has made a compelling case in this editorial.
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  Under 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 World
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  Green Economy Summit has spent 12 years turning
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  the green economy into a pillar of sustainable
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  growth. And it is a platform that bridges policy,
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  finance and technology, vision and implementation.
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  The summit is organised by the Dubai Supreme
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  Council of Energy, the Dubai Electricity and
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  Water Authority and the World Green Economy Organisation.
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  The numbers back it up. Global energy transition
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  investment reached US $2 .3 trillion in 2025,
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  up from US $1 .8 trillion just two years earlier.
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  And in the Middle East and North Africa, operational
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  renewable capacity now stands at 43 .7 gigawatts,
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  while projects under development exceed 200 gigawatts.
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  This is clearly a growing economic force, not
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  a passing trend, and it needs faster implementation,
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  broader partnerships, and stronger frameworks.
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  Which brings us to the 12th edition of the World
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  Green Economy Summit on the 21st and 22nd of
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  October, 2026, at the Dubai World Trade Center,
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  under the theme, From Success to Scale. showcasing
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  the green economy. The summit will focus on four
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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. Alongside three cross
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  -cutting themes, artificial intelligence, governance,
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  and system enablers, including supply chains
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  and the circular economy. And, as His Excellency
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  concludes, the question is no longer whether
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  the green transition is possible, but how it
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  can be accelerated, scaled up and extended across
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  sectors and societies, transforming sustainable
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  impact from aspiration into reality for present
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  and future generations alike.