(Dubai) – Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has approved a proposal to set up a U.A.E.-wide air quality network that will monitor standarised environmental data gathered from across the country.
H.H. Sheikh Mohammed also gave directives for completing relevant studies on the proposal and preparing for launching it as a project in the near future. The proposal was approved during a brainstorming session organised by the Ministry of Environment and Water at the Mohammed bin Rashid Centre for Government Innovation.
His Highness said, “A healthy environment and clean air are among the good things the U.A.E. and its people deserve to be given by us. We have to race against time innovating more sustainable solutions.” H.H. Sheikh Mohammed stressed that the preservation and protection of clean and safe environment are among his priorities that he personally follow up as they affect the health and life quality of society and therefore are above any other consideration.
(Courtesy WAM)
