Saif Saed Al Naimi, (right), Director of the HSE Regulations and Enforcement Directorate of QP, and Engineer Waleed Ali Ahmed Salman, Chairman of the Dubai Carbon Centre of Excellence, exchanging documents at the signing ceremony yesterday. (Kammutty VP)
DOHA: Qatar Petroleum (QP) and the Dubai Carbon Centre of Excellence (DCCE) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) and entered into a strategic partnership to develop mutually beneficial sustainable development projects.
The MoU was signed by Saif Saed Al Naimi, Director of the HSE Regulations and Enforcement Directorate of QP, and Waleed Ali Ahmed Salman, Chairman of the DCCE, here yesterday.
The Minister of Energy and Industry H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada welcomed the signing of the MoU, highlighting its importance in promoting sustainable development and in opening the way for the exchange of experiences between QP and DCCE. The Minister noted this cooperation would contribute to creating initiatives that will enhance energy consumption efficiency, and lead to innovative solutions to climate change challenges.
Dr Al Sada stressed the importance placed by the State of Qatar on sustainability and climate change issues, as well as on its role in consolidating best practices within the framework of achieving its strategic objectives, which include rationalising energy consumption and reducing carbon emissions.
In his comments on the occasion, Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Vice-Chairman of the Supreme Council of Energy in Dubai, said that the DCCE looks forward to working with Qatar Petroleum to develop a regional network that will support the economy according to the principles of sustainable development, to raise the efficiency of energy consumption and resources, as well as to monitor global trends and to evaluate opportunities of developing it locally.
“This MOU complements the recent success of the State of Qatar in hosting the 18th Conference of Parties (COP 18) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which has extended the Kyoto Protocol for a new period. It also supports what the Qatari capital Doha has achieved by opening a new gateway to take the lead in creating and developing new market mechanisms and in building a green and sustainable infrastructure, which certainly requires many initiatives for it to completed successfully and to meet international and domestic expectations,” Tayer added.
Through this MOU, there will be initiatives to promote national and institutional capacity, and it will also provide the opportunity to create new platforms to add financial resources through the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) within the framework of partnerships between the public and private sectors. He said that this will lead to the launch of a variety of developmental initiatives so as to promote a culture of innovation and excellence to improve environmental performance, reduce the consumption of resources and promote the implementation of best practices.
Saif Saed Al Naimi added that both QP and the DCCE will exchange institutional knowledge and experiences as well as disseminate concepts and skills related to the application of creativity and innovative thinking. Activating their joint action will improve their operations, simplify procedures, develop customers’ services, and maximize benefits for the community.
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