The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE) of the United Arab Emirates unveiled the second edition of the UAE State of Green Economy Report during the Global Green Growth Week held in Jeju, South Korea in September 2016. The UAE State of Green Economy Report aims to help the country make a solid advancement towards a green economy by providing the public with a clear overview of the government’s plan and diverse public and private efforts, as well as a benchmarking of the country’s current standing.
The first edition issued in 2015 was acclaimed as the world’s first report on the green economy transformation at the national level. This second edition presents the progress made at the national and local levels during 2015 in detail and benchmarks the UAE’s current standing and its advancement against global commitments to sustainable development.
As 2015 was celebrated as “the Year of Innovation” in the UAE, the report also features the country’s ten innovation initiatives that would support the green economy transformation. Furthermore, and in advance of hosting the UNEP Finance Initiative Global Roundtable in Dubai in October 2016, the country’s state of green finance was reviewed through a nationwide survey.
The 178-page report consists of the following seven chapters:
- Chapter 1: Global Perspectives on an Inclusive Green Economy (contributed by UNEP)
- Chapter 2: The UAE Green Agenda and 2015 Progress
- Chapter 3: UAE’s Ten Innovations for Enabling a Green Economy
- Chapter 4: Activities Defined by Green Agenda Committees
- Chapter 5: Green Economy Initiatives from the Seven Emirates
- Chapter 6: State of Green Finance in the UAE
- Chapter 7: UAE’s Performance towards a Green Economy
The UAE State of Green Economy Report: Second Edition 2016 is available for download from the MOCCAE website: www.moccae.gov.ae.
For more information on the report and the UAE’s green economy work, please contact [email protected].