The Bio-Circular Economy is the roadmap to enhancing sustainability in the UAE
The UAE has witnessed accelerated steps towards adopting the Bio-Circular Economy model, in order to achieve long-term sustainable growth, and which is in line with the global orientation to achieve the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, human values and improve the quality of life. The UAE’s vision and economical strategy is behind the interest in this transformation into a Bio-Circular economy, and specially UAE’s vision 2021, Abu Dhabi’s Economical vision 2030, UAE’s Future Strategy, Abu Dhabi Environmental Vision 2030, and the UAE’s Centennial 2071.
Thanks to His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, “May God Protect Him”
for His Highness wise vision, and to His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, for his valuable directions, and to His Highness Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Presidential Affairs, the sponsor of date palm cultivation, for his continuous support. The UAE is working on implementing the Bio-Circular, as part of its efforts to enhance the organizational sustainability across all sectors, and to establish the main principles of sustainable production and consumption in all society sectors. This is also because the application of the Bio-Circular economy system is one of the most important factors in achieving sustainability.
On the 6th of November, 2019, the UAE government announced the launch of the “360 Bio-Circular Economy Acceleration” initiative, in accordance with the strategic partnership that has been signed with the World Economic Forum for the Middle East and North Africa on the 6th of April, 2019, to harness the technological innovation and smart technologies potential to accelerate the Bio-Circular economy. This will make the UAE, the first country supporting this initiative globally, which reflects the country’s position as a global center, an open laboratory for economic and technological innovations, and a pioneering model in sustainable development. The initiative also lies in line with the UAE’s Centennial 2071.
Under this initiative, the UAE will plan moving towards a Bio-Circular economy, which will divert all efforts made to intensify the implementation of the standards of this economy, by launching various initiatives and projects covering all sectors, including the date palm cultivation and date production. Governmental, private sectors, and individuals will collaborate to implement the sustainability shift in production and consumption. Where this joint initiative reflects the strategic orientation towards introducing initiative which will help create the needed environment and sustainable infrastructure, which will support the growth of vital economic, social and environmental sectors, to serve the best to people.
The success of the UAE in linking its development plans with consideration to the environment, is a result of the wise decisions of our leaders, and their ongoing interest in promoting the process of development and prosperity while preserving the sustainability of our natural resources. This has contributed to achieving pioneering successes globally. By adopting the Bio-Circular economy, Khalifa International Award for Date Palm and Agricultural Innovation aims to implement the sustainability concept to existing and future projects in the date palm cultivation and date production fields, which will in return help to conserve resources and increase the reliance on clean energy, in addition to applying the sustainable development standards, which will reflect the government’s interest in strengthening efforts to achieve global sustainability that will help preserve the planet and recourses for the future generations.
