DEWA and Emirates Nature-WWF, in collaboration with the World Wildlife Fund for Nature, organise a workshop on mangrove forests

11 July 2025

DEWA and Emirates Nature-WWF, in collaboration with the World Wildlife Fund for Nature, organise a workshop on mangrove forests

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Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) and Emirates Nature-WWF, an environmental charity affiliated with the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF), held an interactive workshop to explore the critical role mangroves play in mitigating climate change, achieving net zero, enhancing biodiversity and protecting natural land and marine habitats. Fifty-six DEWA employees also learnt about DEWA’s efforts to support a national initiative to plant 100 million mangrove trees in the UAE by 2030, as well as the key threats to mangrove preservation, ranging from habitat destruction and pollution to the adverse effects of climate change. The workshop is part of a series of sustainability-focused sessions launched last February in co-operation with the Emirates Nature-WWF.

DEWA is keen to increase and preserve the green area in Dubai, and to consolidate the sustainability of mangrove forests, which are one of the most important vital nature-based solutions in combating and adapting to climate change. Based on its social responsibility and in line with the ‘Year of Community’ and the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030, DEWA has been organising awareness and environmental campaigns to plant mangrove trees in various areas of Dubai for years, the most important of which is the Jebel Ali Marine Sanctuary, to encourage DEWA employees and their families, as well as employees from some of DEWA’s subsidiaries and students from DEWA Academy, to adopt the concept of agriculture and afforestation and turn it into a lifestyle that involves all members of the community in the conservation of precious natural resources and in campaigns to plant more trees.

DEWA also holds lectures and awareness events to raise employees’ awareness about environmental issues, the importance of achieving net zero to confront the repercussions of climate change, and ways to adopt a conscious and sustainable lifestyle. DEWA provides employees, customers and stakeholders with digital and innovative programmes and services that allow them to contribute to reducing the carbon footprint and protecting precious resources, to create a positive, sustainable impact.

DEWA and Emirates Nature-WWF, in collaboration with the World Wildlife Fund for Nature, organise a workshop on mangrove forests

DEWA and Emirates Nature-WWF, in collaboration with the World Wildlife Fund for Nature, organise a workshop on mangrove forests

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