UAE has been working on alternate energy options towards taking huge strides in combating climate change.

As quoted in national daily Gulf News on November 19^th 2017, the UAE, through its renewable energy projects and several other key initiatives, has made significant progress in combating climate change.

Dr Thani Ahmad Al Zeyoudi, UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment, said in his keynote speech at the 23rd session of the COP23 to the UNFCCC, that the UAE Energy Strategy 2050 has been announced to boost the country's ambitions to raise the share of clean energy in the national energy mix to 27% by 2021 and 50% by 2050, in addition to laying the foundation stone of the 'Noor Abu Dhabi Plant' featuring cutting-edge photovoltaic technology with a potential to generate 1,177MW of solar energy.

The 4^th stage of the Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park has been launched with a production capacity of 700MW as part of a plan to produce 5,000MW of energy by 2030.

UAE has also initiated the first waste-to-energy project and implemented the first carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility in the Middle East and North Africa region.

Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) has been leading the country's efforts in the development of renewable energy technologies and solutions, since its inception in 2006.

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It is heartening to note that UAE is taking giant steps towards green energy alternatives.