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Sustainable energy is energy that meets the needs of the present generations without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Sustainable energy is about finding clean, renewable sources of energy—sources that renew themselves, rather than sources that can be depleted

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Initiatives taken by UAE to implement sustainability

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Initiatives taken by UAE to implement sustainability

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The UAE has set Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure its performance against its targets of 2021. They are:

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Improving the air quality index

Improving the percentage of treated waste of total waste generated

Improving the share of clean energy contribution

Decreasing the water scarcity index

Improving the Networked Readiness Index (telecommunication and IT sectors)

Improving the quality of air transport infrastructure

Improving the quality of port infrastructure

Improving the logistics performance index

Improving the quality of overall infrastructure (such as transportation, electricity and telephone lines)

Improving the online services index

Decreasing the time taken to obtain a loan/house from the government for UAE citizens

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A green economy is defined as low carbon, resource efficient and socially inclusive. In a green economy, growth in employment and income are driven by public and private investment into such economic activities, infrastructure and assets that allow reduced carbon emissions and pollution, enhanced energy and resource efficiency, and prevention of the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services

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The three main areas for the current work on Green Economy are:

1) Advocacy of macro-economic approach to sustainable economic growth through regional, sub-regional and national fora

2) Demonstration of Green Economy approaches with a central focus on access to green finance, technology and investments

3) Support to countries in terms of development and mainstreaming of macro-economic policies to support the transition to a Green Economy