An Emirati official said that the Emirate of Dubai has exceeded the target rate in reducing carbon emissions within less time than the reduction specified, while the emirate plans to announce a paperless government, by the end of this year.
This was stated by Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, on the sidelines of the activities of the seventh edition of the World Green Economy Summit at Expo 2020 Dubai.
Al Tayer explained, according to the local newspaper, "Emirates Today", that the total production of green solar energy in Dubai reached 1,630 megawatts, pointing out that Dubai was targeting a 16 percent reduction by the end of this year, but achieved a rate of 22 percent by the end of the year. year 2019.
In his statement, he pointed out that the multiple initiatives implemented by the Dubai government in the sustainability sector and green projects, most notably the rehabilitation of old buildings with green systems, have contributed to accelerating rates of reducing carbon emissions by rates that exceed the target, stressing that the cript async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4345869950802403" crossorigin="anonymous"> total number of buildings that have been rehabilitated according to green systems. Energy-saving reached 5000 buildings.
Al Tayer indicated that the total rates of green energy production from solar sources in Dubai currently amount to 1,630 megawatts, and it is expected to rise, during the first quarter of next year, in quantities of up to 300 megawatts, noting that the total investments of green energy projects in Dubai exceed 40 billion. Dirhams (10.89 billion US dollars).
For his part, Director General of the Dubai Digital Authority, Hamad Obaid Al Mansouri, confirmed that Dubai is on its way to declaring its government paperless, at the end of this year.
He said: "Dubai is on the right track to achieve the objectives of the Dubai Paperless Strategy by the end of the year, after it succeeded in employing advanced technology to build an integrated system for paperless government work in Dubai since 2016."
Al-Mansoori said, during a panel discussion entitled "The Next Leap in Green Infrastructure", noting that there are more than 100 transactions in 8 government agencies currently being conducted without papers, and we will announce during the "GITEX Technology Week", the middle of this month, 6 government agencies. New.
He continued, "With this, we have been able to achieve an abundance of more than one billion dirhams (US$272 million) since the strategy was launched in 2016 until the end of this year, in addition to saving more than 300 million leaves and about 39,000 trees."
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