MOCCAE launches 'Environment and Business Majlis'

The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment launched the 'Environment and Business Majlis', aimed at boosting the private sector's contribution and guided private companies to be aligned with the government's environmental strategies and create new investment opportunities that involved the ministry and the private sector.
The announcement came during MOCCAE's 2^nd business meeting with businessmen and representatives from leading national companies in the UAE today, where Dr. Thani Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, stressed the importance of bolstering partnership between public and private sectors in order to achieve the strategic objectives of the UAE's National Climate Change Plan 2017-2050 and the Green Agenda 2015-2030.
During the meeting, attendees highlighted the important role the private sector plays in supporting environmental projects, reducing carbon emissions and reinforcing the transformation towards a green economy. They also reviewed the best-applied global practices in establishing partnerships between public and private sectors, and the benefit that governments could gain because of that cooperation.
Attendees also discussed MOCCAE's proposal to strengthen collaboration with the private sector, achieve the desired objectives and determine the best ways to boost the relationship with businessmen and the private sector. Currently, relationships between the ministry and the private sector are defined by two main categories, legislative and contractual, in line with the ministry's requirements and services it provides to the businessmen.
Reviewing several proposals and initiatives to increase partnerships between the ministry and the private sector, attendees also discussed the 'bundle of partnerships with the private sector' initiative which serves as the launching pad for implementing several leading projects focused on the transformation towards green development and supporting UAE's efforts in addressing global climate change
Concluding the gathering, Minister of Climate Change and Environment discussed with the businessmen and the representatives of private companies, the key challenges facing the business sector and the current relationship with the ministry. They also exchanged several suggestions and ideas to improve future collaborations between the ministry and the private sector.