THE Dubai-based Gulf Research Center (GRC) and the New Delhi-based The Energy and Resources Institute (Teri) have signed a co-operation agreement to foster green thinking in the region.
The GRC Chairman, Mr Abdulaziz Sager, said the joint effort aims to promote the concept of `Green Gulf' that would focus on the natural resources of the region and the environment.
"Our objective is to create awareness among the public. In joining hands with Teri, we hope to draw from their Green India 2047 project, which envisions a cleaner and greener environment," Mr Sager said, according to the official Emirates News Agency, WAM.
The Teri Director-General, Dr R.K. Pachauri, who is also the Chairman of Geneva-based Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change, said India and the Gulf have a long history of cultural and social interaction, but this has not been converted into collaborative relationships in the scientific, academic and intellectual fields.
The GRC-Teri partnership is an attempt to solve some of the most critical problems facing humanity in the form of unsustainable patterns of production and consumption. It is particularly critical for the Gulf region to manage all its resources, including land, air and water, to meet the needs of the current and future generations, said Dr Pachauri. "Our collaboration is a small but significant step in that direction," he added.
Children will be the target of the programmes, as they are the catalyst for change, the GRC Chairman said.
