His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has endorsed a plan by Professor Harold Hyun-Suk Oh, President and Founder of the World Energy Forum (WEF), to name October 22 as World Energy Day.
Dubai’s Supreme Council of Energy has adopted the initiative and included it in the forum’s agenda. World Energy Day will be launched in Dubai, and will also be adopted by the United Nations to be celebrated annually, in the same manner as World Environment Day.
The initiative will be further strengthened by the presence of over 40 presidents, and the commitment of governments and policy makers to put together a roadmap to implement a global energy sustainability system. The system will benefit all nations and promote a global paradigm that revolves around energy. It will contribute to launching a global movement towards providing safer and cleaner energy to all, and sustainability for mankind.