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UAE to explore renewables partnerships with India, Jaber says

 The United Arab Emirates (UAE) aims to explore all partnership opportunities with India, the UAE's climate envoy and designated president of the COP28 (Conference of the Parties 28) summit, Sultan al-Jaber, said on Wednesday. During the World Sustainable Development Summit in New Delhi, Sultan al-Jaber highlighted the importance of a partnership between India and the UAE. Al-Jaber said that the UAE would explore all partnership opportunities with India to help in its low-carbon plans of adding 500 gigawatts of clean energy in the next seven years. He reportedly said, "As one of the largest investors in renewables, the UAE will explore all opportunities for partnership with India." Al-Jaber said that the UAE has the aim of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees. As President-Designate of  COP28, Al-Jaber wants to limit the impact of climate change. The president-designate of the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) said that the goal of limiting global temperature rise ...

Dubai Cares reviews achievements in 2022, gears up for COP28

 Dubai Cares, a global humanitarian organisation located in the UAE that supports education, has evaluated its accomplishments in 2022 in honour of International Day of Education as it gears up for its participation as Education Partner for COP28 (January 24). The civil society organisation, which is connected to the UN Department of Global Communications, made considerable advancements in the field of education last year. The Framework for Global Education Transformation, developed by Dubai Cares as part of Expo 2020 Dubai, was unveiled at the World Government Summit 2022. The Framework was heavily cited in National Consultation Reports outlining individual nations' plans for transforming education. It was used as a guiding tool for countries during the Transforming Education Summit (TES) National Consultations, which were held in conjunction with the 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Through its inclusion in the Discussion Paper for TES Action Track 2 on "Learnin...