US praises UAE’s action on climate change
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The UAE houses the largest single-site solar project, Noor Abu Dhabi. WAM
The visit of US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry to the UAE highlights the importance both the UAE and the United States are attaching to sustainable development and curbing the ill-effects of climate change.
Kerry visited a number of the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE’s) major strategic projects supporting the country’s efforts in the field of clean energy, limiting the consequences of climate change, and promoting sustainable development at the local and global levels.
Kerry took a helicopter tour over the world’s largest single-site solar project, Noor Abu Dhabi, with Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, the UAE’s Special Envoy for Climate Change and Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology. He went to the headquarters of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) as well as Masdar, a critical contributor to the UAE’s 400% expansion of its renewable energy portfolio over the last ten years. He also visited Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), the world’s first university with curricula devoted to driving sustainability solutions through innovations in artificial intelligence.