Austria participates in Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week
Vienna, January 13, 2017 – Austria is participating in the activities of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, which began yesterday and continues until January 18.
Austrian delegations are keen to participate annually in Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, in the presence of leaders from the Austrian Federal Chamber of Commerce and representatives of the business, science and technology sectors and energy companies.
Representatives of various sectors take advantage of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week to exchange information, experiences and dialogue on the latest developments in the field of sustainability, and to enhance cooperation between participating parties in a way that contributes to accelerating the transition towards a sustainable economy and exploring new opportunities to support economic and social development.
This comes within the framework of Austria’s commitment to implementing the 2030 Sustainable Development Plan with its seventeen goals, like all member states of the United Nations, as the plan constitutes a general framework that directs the compass of development work and determines the direction of Austria’s policies in the field of development, and provides a binding framework that includes all dimensions of sustainable development. , which contributes to improving the lives of Austrians.
Based on Austria’s keenness to continue achieving success in important sustainable development areas, the importance of the participation of relevant Austrian entities, especially leading Austrian companies specialized in the fields of renewable energy, green technology, waste recycling and sustainable infrastructure, in Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week is highlighted, as it is a global platform that brings together leaders, experts and industry leaders. The decision to discuss the most prominent environmental, social and economic challenges, and exchange visions and innovative solutions that face the most prominent challenges to support sustainability issues at the local and global levels, and contribute to accelerating the pace of sustainable development and providing a better life for all.
The latest voluntary report prepared by Austria to follow up on the implementation of the 2030 plan and achieve the sustainable development goals recorded significant progress compared to the results of the first report issued in 2020, and the numbers showed a significant expansion in the use of renewable energies of various types, based on Austria’s enjoyment of great potential in the field of renewable energy resources. , which now provides more than 87% of the country’s electricity production, according to figures from the European Energy Transmission System Operators Association for the first quarter of last year 2024.
Regarding the contributions of digital transformation in Austria, the successes of digitization can be monitored in important sectors, most notably digital transformation in the education sector, investment in infrastructure, digital teaching materials, e-learning platforms, and the promotion of digital skills, and in the field of construction, generating clean renewable energies and green technology, and developing sustainable solutions in Areas of recycling, transportation, etc.
Given that sustainable development is strongly linked to combating climate change and preserving the environment, the importance of Austria’s commitment to implementing a long-term strategy to achieve climate neutrality by 2040, which includes measures that work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in all sectors across Austria, and store carbon dioxide in industry, is evident. , for remaining emissions that cannot be reduced, according to the National Greenhouse Gas Inventory by 2040 at the latest.
Austria’s strategy identified clear action steps to achieve climate neutrality, based on the three pillars of sustainability: economy, environment and social issues.
The latest data, issued by the Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change at the Austrian University of Graz, shows the success of Austria’s efforts in significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions by about 6.9%, by about 67.6 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2023, and it is expected that Gottfried Kirgengast, researcher at the Wegener Center, noted the success of Austria’s plan to reduce harmful emissions by 2030, in accordance with the European Union’s climate goals, in light of the continued… Harmful emissions are declining at their current rate in Austria.
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