Background & rationale
The Clean Energy Business Council MENA (CEBC) and Kai Kata FZE introduce Degrees in Action, a series of climate-focused forums under MENA Climate to bring together industry, government and civil society around practical, sector-specific decarbonisation challenges. This will be a standing platform for cross-sector dialogue on the region’s most pressing climate and sustainability transitions, beginning with the built environment.
The built environment is one of the largest contributors to regional emissions and resource consumption, spanning cement and ceramics manufacturing, construction materials, and end-of-life building waste. A forum dedicated to circularity in this sector offers a timely and “concrete” entry point for the Initiative’s launch, anchored in the UAE’s green building agenda and the growing regional push toward circular economy practices.
Goal 01 · Establish the platform
Launch the MENA Climate Initiative as a recognisable, recurring platform for climate dialogue in the region.
Goal 02 · Advance the circularity agenda
Bring together manufacturing, construction and green building expertise to discuss practical pathways to circularity in materials and building processes.
Goal 03 · Generate actionable insight
Surface concrete examples, barriers and opportunities that can inform CEBC's Circularity Working Group and future programming.
Degrees in Action opens with Forum 01: Building Circularity
Five forums, one sector each, from the built environment through industrial decarbonisation, climate law and the water-energy nexus. See the full series and reserve a seat.
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