Sustainability through new eyes I Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi | Expo 2020 Dubai
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Channel: Expo City Dubai · 2018 · Travel & Events
Abu Dhabi I 14 May 2018 By highlighting the lessons and achievements of the UAE’s Founding Father, His Highness Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, this World Majlis session reflected on how we can draw from traditional values as well as current thinking on sustainability to create a meaningful impact for Expo 2020 Dubai. CONVERSATION HIGHLIGHTS Truth and balance emerged as two key pillars of sustainability. Having the right facts, information and knowledge freely available is essential to informing our choices and helping us develop technologies that can truly benefit humanity. The quest for sustainability is as much about the development of grassroots solutions as it is about our values and the institutions that promote and support them across generations. Sustainability also requires a balance between the lessons of the past and innovations of the future; between consumption and conservation; between knowledge and emotion; between economic growth and planetary boundaries; and between technology and authentic human contacts with each other and with the planet. KEY MESSAGES: •The past holds invaluable lessons for building human capital, connecting with the environment and reshaping consumption •Trust is an essential building block in creating a sustainable future •We may not need to give up consumption if we can find ways of redesigning it •We need to design future technologies that serve humanity Institutions are essential to a sustainable future because they enable us to trust that our actions will have a long-term impact MAJLIS PARTICIPANTS [05:00] - Intr HE Reem Al Hashimy UAE Minister of State for International Cooperation Director General, Dubai Expo 2020 Bureau [03:03] - Intro Dr Federica Busa World Majlis Moderator Expo 2020 Dubai [03:33] David Heard CBE Author [05:59] Dr Frauke Heard-Bey Historian and Political Scientist [09:59] David Heard CBE Author [11:04] HE Dr Nawal Al Hosany UAE Permanent Representative at International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and Deputy Director General of the Emirates Diplomatic Academy [15:26] Khalifa Hassan Al Forah Alshamsi Group Chief Corporate Strategy & Governance Officer, Etisalat Group [18:36] Dr Lars Heikensten Executive Director, Nobel Foundation [18:36] Sheikh Dr Majid Al Qassimi Director of Animal Health and Development, Ministry of Climate Change and Environment [24:26] Omar Farid President - Middle East & North Africa, PepsiCo [25:04] Beatrice Lamonica Strategy Principal Director, Sustainability Lead, Accenture [28:05] Sass Brown Founding Dean Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation [30:53] Isobel Abdulhoul OBE CEO and Trustee, Emirates Literature Foundation [33:51] David Heard CBE Author [35:24] Sebastián Caro Student, New York University Abu Dhabi [36:56] Najeeb Mohammed Al-Ali Executive Director Dubai Expo 2020 Bureau [38:19] Isobel Abdulhoul OBE CEO and Trustee, Emirates Literature Foundation [39:49] Khalifa Hassan Al Forah Alshamsi Group Chief Corporate Strategy and Governance Officer, Etisalat Group [41:44] HE Dr Nawal Al Hosany UAE Permanent Representative at International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)and Deputy Director General of the Emirates Diplomatic Academy [45:20] Sheikh Dr Majid Al Qassimi Director of Animal Health and Development, Ministry of Climate Change and Environment [47:49] Isobel Abdulhoul OBE CEO and Trustee, Emirates Literature Foundation [49:17] Dr Frauke Heard-Bey Historian and Political Scientist [50:53] Sara Alameri Student, UAE University [51:56] Sass Brown Founding Dean Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation [53:14] Alireza Haji Hosseini Executive Producer, CNN [54:44] Julius Gruener Student, New York University Abu Dhabi [55:41] Vrushabh Chotalia Student, Murdoch University [56:52] - Outro HE Reem Al Hashimy UAE Minister of State for International Cooperation Director General, Dubai Expo 2020 Bureau
