UAE increases commitment to reducing carbon emissions and battling climate change
SHARE The UAE has set out targets to limit greenhouse gas emissions over the next decade as part of its commitment to the Paris Agreement on climate change. The country aims to cut emissions by nearly a quarter by 2030 compared to “business as usual”, which does not take into account the latest commitments. Increases in clean power capacity, especially through solar and nuclear energy, are central to the efforts to battle climate change. The measures are detailed in the UAE’s second Nationally Determined Contribution, a document just submitted to the Secretariat of the UN Framework Conv...