Gammelt nytt but still, samarbeidet mellom USA og UAE ser jeg for meg kan gjøre prosessen noe raskere.
The UAE-US initiative is the first global agriculture and climate change coalition of its kind. AIM for Climate’s diverse list of supporters comprises more than 30 countries from six continents, including the recent addition of Azerbaijan, Canada, and the UK.
Other backers include prominent non-governmental agencies, such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, as well as the multilateral Food and Agriculture Organisation.
“AIM for Climate is focusing on a sector that has been previously overlooked in terms of the opportunities it offers for global climate action," said Dr Sultan Al Jaber, the UAE’s Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, and Special Envoy for Climate Change.
In turn, this will help to achieve breakthroughs in technologies and approaches that adapt food production to the world’s harsher climate, with the UAE already proving to be a pioneer in the agritech field as it looks to meet more of its food requirement through locally grown produce.
Target areas for innovation include sustainable productivity improvements, ensuring water is used efficiently, developing resilient crop and livestock production, enhancing digital tools and creating equitable, sustainable and secure food systems.
“AIM for Climate is the kind of bold move towards accelerating the global food systems transformation that we need, to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 and eradicate world hunger by 2030," said Mariam Al Mheiri, the UAE’s Minister of Climate Change and Environment, and Minister of State for Food Security.
UAE and US launch $4bn initiative to drive climate innovation in agriculture at Cop26
