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11/18/22, 1:24 PM Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer highlights WGEO efforts for effective measures, dialogues on climate action, net-zero commitments at COP27
Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer highlights WGEO

efforts for effective measures, dialogues on climate

action, net-zero commitments at COP27

Thu 17-11-2022 18:13 PM

SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt, 17th November, 2022 (WAM) -- Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Vice Chairman of the
Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, and Chairman of the World
Green Economy Organisation (WGEO) highlighted in a keynote today how the organisation is driving effective measures
and dialogues on climate action at the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27).

Co-hosted by the Global Compact Networks (GCN) UAE and Egypt, the session titled “Accelerating Net-Zero
Commitments”, featured a series of multistakeholder dialogues addressing Egypt and UAE’s climate agendas.

Al Tayer furthermore emphasised key and expected outcomes of the COPs, how the summit accelerates climate action
and private sector engagement with emission reductions, and how capacity-building and knowledge-sharing can scale up
corporate commitments to science-based emissions reduction targets aligned with the 1.5℃ pathway through the UN
Global Compact Climate Ambition Accelerator Programme. The WGEO strives to better educate stakeholders on the
effective measures required to achieve the collective net-zero goals.

Ayman Ismail, Chairman of the GCN Egypt, delivered the session's opening remarks. Other prominent attendees
included Ahmed Buti Al Muhairbi, Secretary-General of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy; Waleed Salman, Vice
Chairman for WGEO and Chairman for the GCN UAE; Abdulrahim Sultan, Director-General of WGEO, along with
CEOs of leading firms engaged in climate action.

Al Tayer said in his speech, “COP27 is a key platform that allows global stakeholders to have their voices heard. It also
provides a forum for global cooperation and joint action to devise game-changing and emissions-cutting measures that
the climate crisis so desperately demands by creating practical opportunities for sustainable economic growth and
promoting holistic multilateral cooperation. The participation of the policymakers, corporate sector, and experts in COPs
plays an important role in shaping the global climate agenda and accelerating progress on the delivery of the Paris

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