IRENA Holds First Legislators Forum to Discuss Renewable Energy Policy

Roughly 30 legislators, selected to represent all regions of the world, met in Abu Dhabi to support the transformation of the global energy system from the policy side. The Legislators Forum 2016, held on the eve of the International Renewable Energy Agency’s (IRENA) sixth Assembly, is the first event of its kind hosted by the Agency. The Forum seeks to facilitate dialogue between legislators on the deployment of renewables and critical elements of the energy transformation underway in countries around the world.

UAE Committed to Negotiations on Climate Change

UAE delegation at Paris summit highlights clean energy strategy among other efforts to tackle global warming

The UAE is committed to negotiations regarding the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in order to reach a global agreement that ensures practical and effective steps to curb the repercussions of climate change.

Speaking at the 21st Session of the Conference of Parties (COP21), Dr Sultan Ahmad Al Jaber, UAE Minister of State and Special Envoy for Energy and Climate Change, said: “Climate change affects the entire world and has economic, political and humanitarian consequences that pose a real threat to present and future generations.”

Dr Al Jaber, who is also Head of the UAE delegation participating in Paris talks, said the UAE has taken initiative for many years to deal with climate change and launched several initiatives to develop clean energy.