The Secretary-General of the United Nation, HE Ban Ki-Moon commended the insightful vision of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai for supporting sustainability and global green economy and launching the World Green Economy Organisation (WGEO) with its permanent headquarters in Dubai and praised the UAE for joining WGEO as its first member.

HE Dr. Thani Bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, UAE Minister of Climate Change and the Environment has announced that the UAE is now the first member of the World Green Economy Organisation (WGEO).

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, launched today The World Green Economy Organization “WGEO”, based in Dubai, in a move that aims to promote green economy concept regionally and globally.