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WGES 2026 supports scaling up innovative solutions to advance the green economy · DEWA Podcasts

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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 12th
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  World Green Economy Summit runs on the 21st and
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  22nd of October, 2026, at the Dubai World Trade
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  Center. 135 speakers will take part across 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. three cross -cutting themes
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  complement them, artificial intelligence, governance,
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  and system enablers, supply chains, and circular
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  economy. On energy, Najib Saab, Secretary General
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  of the Arab Forum for Environment and Development,
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  said, we shall be witnessing a security -driven,
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  more than climate -driven transition. Also speaking,
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  Arshad Mansour of the Electric Power Research
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  Institute, Mazen Khan of Masdar, Angela Hamsi
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  of Ignite Power, Valerio Capizzi of ING Bank,
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  Dharmesh Kumar of WSP, and Sanjay Kumira of Axel
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  One. On business strategy, Syed Adil Abbas of
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  the World Bank, Ayesha Al -Abdulli of the Ministry
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  of Climate Change and Environment, Yusuf Saeed
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  Luta of Luta Biofuels, Jessica Robinson of Solve
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  Strategies, Nick Falkowski of Meaningful Planet,
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  Priya Sarma of Unilever, and Johan Kama of GEMS
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  Education. On water and food security, Stefano
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  Castoldi, partner at EY, said, it is time to
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  treat water as its greatest strategic asset.
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  Joining him, Marina Anternopoulou of Emirates
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  Nature WWF, Gita Bahmad of the Food Engineer,
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  Kai -Uwe Berger of A1 Water and Energy Group,
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  Anne Leguenek of Veolia Water Technologies, and
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  Marie Deschamps of Goombuk. On finance, Naveen
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  Raza of HSBC in the Middle East, North Africa,
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  and Turkey said, Blended finance matters now
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  more than ever. Others include Saeed Al -Abar
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  of AESG, Susanna El -Massa of Zayed University,
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  Alexander Lembke of Connect Earth, Joan Larea
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  of Convergence Blended Finance, Ansi Makola of
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  River Recycle, Danny Tuma of PWC Middle East,
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  Jad Dib of McKinsey, Deepti KB of GBCI and the
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  U .S. Green Building Council, and Vineet Mittal
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  of Navitas Solar.