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His Excellency Dr Thani Ahmed Al Zeyoudi permanent representative of the UAE to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Director of Energy and Climate Change at the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Vice Chair of the Zayed Future Energy Prize Review Committee, visited the 2014 and 2015 Zayed Future Energy Prize finalist high school - Colegio Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Lima, Peru - to assess the progress of the school’s mixed renewable energy project.
Her Highness Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak, Mother of the Nation, President of the General Women's Union, President of the Higher Family Development Foundation and Chairperson of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, bestowed a generous donation to each of the five finalists of the Global High Schools category in January 2014.
Colegio Franklin Delano Roosevelt was among the five beneficiaries of the grant. The school’s grant winning proposal includes the implementation of solar-water heaters, solar panels and the on-site production of biofuels for their school bus.
During his visit to the school, Dr Al Zeyoudi attended a talk on climate change, arranged by the school for students of grades 11 and 12. Addressing the audience on climate change solutions were Maria van der Hoeven, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, and Joseph Robertson, Global Strategy Director of the Citizen’s Climate Lobby.
Commenting on his visit to the school, Dr Al Zeyoudi said: “Through the Zayed Future Energy Prize, the UAE leadership is enabling young people around the world to experience the value of renewable energy and sustainability. The students of Colegio Franklin Delano Roosevelt are setting an example in their community by pursuing these environmental initiatives. Their commitment and enthusiasm is inspiring.”
Dr Al Zeyoudi led the UAE delegation to the United Nations COP20 Climate Change conference in Lima, Peru. From 1-12 December, the 12-day meeting invited representatives from almost 200 nations to finalise negotiations on an agreement to curb global carbon emissions. The UN will then seek to achieve a binding agreement between the international community at the COP21 UN Climate Change Conference in Le Bourget, Paris between November 30 and December 11, 2015.
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