Call to devise plans for speedy transition into ‘green economy’

A top environmental expert and a leading official in the Kingdom has stressed the need to incorporate principles of green economy into national visions and strategies of countries and visions. This came as Executive Director of the Supreme Council for Environment, Dr. Mohammed Mubarak Bin Daina, spoke at the closing session of the Middle East and North Africa High-Level Forum on Green Economy 2019.

Dr. Bin Daina called for the provision of international finance to transit into a comprehensive green economy. He also called for amending legislation and preparing national capacities necessary for expediting the green economy transition process. He said the green economy actively assist in eliminating poverty, maintaining economic growth, strengthening social integration, improving human welfare, in addition to preserving the ecosystems.

Chairman of the World Green Economy Organisation, Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, said the forum has strengthened the adoption of green practices and sustainable methodologies, which would also create new opportunities for the region that is looking towards building a green economy-based future.

Al Tayer pointed out the outcomes of pervious regional forums, which yielded promising initiatives that would incite the world to continue towards the adoption of green practices and the transition to a sustainable green economy, attaching great significance to close co-operation and co-ordination at the international level to achieve the desired transition. 

 The steering committee of the sixth edition of World Green Economy Summit (WGES) 2019 has already announced that the forthcoming edition of WGES will be held from 20-21 October in Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre.