DUBAI 25 October 2018: The UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (Moccae), yesterday launched the ‘UAE Green Dashboard’, an online open data platform that allows the public to access statistical data assessments of the country’s overall progress in its transition into a green economy.
Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, announced the initiative during the opening session of the 2018 World Green Economy Summit at the Dubai World Trade Centre.
The Green Dashboard was developed to enable all stakeholders to understand the UAE’s efforts to achieve a green economy and benefit from the UAE government’s open data policy by utilising performance data for their own research and analysis, said Wam.
In addition to highlighting benchmarks and past results for the 41 green key performance indicators, KPIs, the dashboard, which integrates seamlessly with the software used by the Ministry of Cabinet Affairs, sheds light on the general level of compliance with the targets, and the annual progress rate, thereby facilitating target-setting for the future.
The dashboard is accessible via the ministry’s website in both Arabic and English, and allows anyone to access the underlying data for the UAE Green KPIs. The public can freely arrange the data in different chart types as per their needs and download selected data as spreadsheet files.
Aisha Al Abdooli, Director of Green Development and Environmental Affairs at Moccae, said, “Measuring performance is a critical component towards achieving the ambitions set out in the UAE Vision 2021 and the Green Agenda 2030. With this open data tool, the public will be clearly informed of the country’s direction and the current status of its green economy transformation. This will encourage public and private sector entities to join the ministry’s efforts to achieve the nation’s green goals. In addition to this, we hope this initiative will enhance our overall green know-how and improve the formulation of policies on the green economy.”