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11/3/25, 8:26 AM Ministry of Economy and Tourism, Expo City Dubai Partners to Launch UAE’s first Green Innovation District - builtenvironmentme.com
Terra – a LEED Platinum-certified building, designed to be net zero for both energy and water – exemplifies best
practice in sustainable building design and is Expo City’s hub for biodiversity and conservation. Pioneering initiatives
focused on preserving and sustaining our planet, it has partnered with the International Union for Conservation of
Nature Species Survival Commission (IUCN SSC) to establish the world’s first Centre for Species Survival dedicated
to fungi. It is also the regional office of Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots programme – a global environmental, animal
welfare, and humanitarian youth outreach initiative.

In addition, Expo City’s city-wide testbed provides a real urban environment to trial and scale nature-first ideas with

global impact, creating competitive advantages for businesses by boosting resource efficiency and supporting
innovation and collaboration. Many companies focused on clean energy and decarbonisation – including ENGIE,
Siemens Energy, Nestlé, DS Energy, Carbon Assurance, Carbon Standard and DNV – have already established
operations in the city.

The landmark initiative was announced at the Asia Pacific Cities Summit and Mayors’ Forum, held at Expo City
Dubai, which gathered mayors and city leaders from more than 350 cities and provided a platform to introduce major
projects enabling governments and businesses to unlock trade and investment opportunities to build more sustainable
cities.

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