All Aboard the Blue Economy

In celebration of Emirati Women’s Day, join Her Excellency Dr. Nawal Al-Hosany and the UAE Mission to IRENA for a special episode highlighting the remarkable women leading the nation’s climate action. Meet our influential leaders from the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment as they share their journeys, key initiatives and visions for a greener, more resilient future.

In this episode of On Renewables, HE Dr. Nawal Al-Hosany hosts HE Dr. Abdulla Al Mandous, President of WMO and Director General of UAE NCM, for a thought-provoking discussion on critical issues surrounding climate resilience and meteorology. Tune in as they explore the opportunities and challenges in addressing climate change and shaping policies for a more sustainable future.

Her Excellency Teresa Ribera, Spain’s Third Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge of Spain, explains how Spain is working to meet its 2050 objective of national climate neutrality, in conversation with Dr. Nawal Al-Hosany. Ahead of COP28 in the UAE, the two diplomats discuss why the global community must collaborate to help mobilise collective action and deliver a solutions-oriented UN climate conference, against the backdrop of the first Global Stocktake since Paris 2015.

Green maritime transport is a major aspect of global efforts to stem the tide of climate change. In this episode of On Renewables, H.E. Dr. Nawal Al-Hosany hosts Gunter Pauli to discuss the future of our oceans, sustainable vessels, and the blue economy on board the world’s largest solar ship MS Porrima’s Blue Odyssey.

"We're in the midst of an energy revolution, we're transitioning to an electricity-based economy," - the UN Development Programme's Administrator, Achim Steiner, discusses how the United Nations is setting out to tackle the multiple challenges facing society today – from pandemic recovery efforts and bridging the energy access gap, to rebuilding social cohesion and the climate crisis. In discussion with Dr. Nawal Al-Hosany, Steiner reflects on a career in sustainable human development that has taken him to posts from India and Pakistan to Germany, Zimbabwe and Vietnam, and looks to ways we can build forward better.