Abu Dhabi: President of Iceland Olafur Ragnar Grimsson at World Future Energy Summit closing ceremony says, we will go forward from the inspired and determined to succeed.
The Icelandic President said, “The time for lengthy debates and dialogue is over. Now it is action that must bring us together, and that is the mission of Masdar, the World Future Energy Summit and Abu Dhabi.” He went on to say, “With the momentum that we have gathered at this Summit, we will go forward from this place inspired and determined to succeed. Since the first Summit, the progress has been remarkable.”
His Excellency emphasised that when carbon tax comes into effect, countries with renewable energy sources will have a strategic advantage. Indeed he continued, a green energy era could become a renaissance for the developing world due to the abundance of solar and geothermal sources.
Also addressing the closing ceremony of the Summit, Prince Albert said, “We cannot go on with 20 percent of the world’s population using 80 percent of the world’s resources.” He went on to say, “We are facing a financial, humanitarian and environmental crisis. It is one of the greatest challenges of this century.”
We cannot go on with 20 percent of the world’s population using 80 percent of the world’s resources, said H.S.H Prince Albert Louis Pierre, Sovereign Prince of Monaco.
The audience of the closing ceremony of the World Future Energy Summit, attended by HH General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, left with the words of His Excellency ?lafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland, and H.S.H Prince Albert Louis Pierre, Sovereign Prince of Monaco, Marquis of Baux in the forefront of their minds.
About the World Future Energy Summit:
The World Future Energy Summit, now in its third year, will be held from 18-21 January 2010, hosted by MASDAR and organized by Reed Exhibitions and Elsevier, at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre under the patronage of HH General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces.
World Leaders, Policy Makers, Experts and Investors from 130 countries will meet in Abu Dhabi to identify real solutions for today's climate change and energy challenges. Over 600 exhibitors from 50 countries will be exhibiting at the World Future Energy and Environment Exhibitions on a total space of 40,000sqm offering an unrivalled business and networking opportunities to over 20,000 attendees expected to visit the summit and the exhibition. The World Future Energy Summit is organized by Reed Exhibitions Middle East.
Deutsche Bank Climate Change Advisors is the principal sponsor of World Future Energy Summit 2010. Emirates Aluminium is Associate Sponsor, and additional Sponsors include BP Alternative Energy, Standard Chartered, Siemens, Schneider Electric, Exxon Mobil, ABB, Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority, Oxy, the Abu Dhabi Department of Municipality Affairs and Terna.
For more information on the programme or to register, visit www.worldfutureenergysummit.com
About DBCCA:
DB Climate Change Advisors group (DBCCA) is the institutional and alternatives investment management business of Deutsche Asset Management, managing assets of institutional investors and high net worth individuals. DeAM is one of the leading climate change investors in the world, with approximately $4 billion under management as of March 2009. With a world-class in-house research team focusing on this theme, DeAM is an investment industry thought-leader on a broad range of climate change dynamics.
In June 2009, DBCCA launched the world’s first scientifically valid, real-time carbon counter, a nearly 70-foot-tall digital billboard displaying the running total of long-lived greenhouse gases in the atmosphere in New York. The Carbon Counter Number is available 24 hours a day at http://www.know-the-number.com and updates are available at ttp://twitter.com/knowthenumber.
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