Zayed Future Energy Prize to play crucial role in Paris Conference on Climate Change

NEW YORK, 26th November, 2015 (WAM) -- The Zayed Future Energy Prize and Masdar for Future Energy is to participate in the United Nations Conference on Climate Change, which will launch on 30th of November in the French capital, Paris, to shed light on issues of future energy and finding innovative solutions to energy. Among the events in which the Zayed Prize and Masdar will participate in at COP21 will be a debate on the role of women in the issue of climate change, as well as the challenges facing them, as part of the "Women's Forum of Sustainability and Renewable Energy", which was launched at the United Nations on the sidelines of the 70th Session of the General Assembly in September. Dr. Nawal Al Hosni, Director of the Zayed Future Energy Prize and Director of Sustainability at Masdar, said that women are the most affected as a result of the repercussions of climate change, although their role is still limited in this regard. He said, "The Zayed Prize and Masdar for Future Energy are initiatives through which the UAE is seeking to establish its stature globally in the field of sustainable development, and as such they will play a major role in the Paris Conference." – Emirates News Agency, WAM -http://www.wam.ae/en/news/emirates/1395288475056.html