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Dewa launches key initiative for Earth Hour

DUBAI, March 19, 2016

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), has joined hands with the Dubai Carbon Centre of Excellence (DCCE) to launch a key initiative to neutralise all carbon emissions during Earth Hour today (March 19).

This will be achieved by adopting the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) across all Dewa projects based on the Kyoto protocol, which is directly linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, said a senior official.

Earth Hour is being organised by Dewa in partnership with the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy and the Emirates Wildlife Society (EWS) in association with the World Wide Fund for Nature, WWF, and in co-operation with Dubai Properties Group.

The Dubai utility aims to reduce carbon emissions by scheduling the event to take place during the time period in which people would usually be travelling in carbon-emitting vehicles, such as planes or cars, resulting in a zero-carbon emissions.

On the new initiative, Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, the vice-chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, and managing director and chief executive of Dewa, said: "Our commitment to reducing carbon emissions has been adopted as part of our environmental strategy, which focuses on limiting emissions, and providing a clean environment for the people of Dubai."

Dewa, he stated, strives to achieve its vision of becoming a sustainable innovative world-class utility.

It has become a regional pioneer for protecting natural resources and reducing carbon emissions using the CDM, to provide a better future, for generations to come," he added.

Waleed Salman, the chairman of DCCE, said: "We support Dewa’s strategy to improve environmental preservation, and limit carbon emissions. This strategy features a framework to improve local energy projects, in line with the Dubai Sustainable Development Strategy."

"We also exert all efforts to enhance, support and organise carbon neutral Earth Hour activities. We are committed to developing this partnership to organise further activities in the future," he added.-TradeArabia News Service




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