His Highness Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, visited today the Youth 4 Sustainability (Y4S) Hub at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) 2025.
Sheikh Khaled met members of Y4S, the Masdar global initiative that empowers the next generation of sustainability leaders, and was briefed on how its diverse programs and activities are helping young people to develop the skills needed to support global sustainability efforts and create innovative solutions to growing climate challenges.
Organized by Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company Masdar, ADSW 2025 is taking place at ADNEC Center Abu Dhabi until January 18.
Enabling young people to create sustainable solutions
During his visit, Sheikh Khaled emphasized the importance of empowering youth to play a pivotal role in promoting sustainable practices and developing climate solutions driven by knowledge, research and innovation.
He also highlighted the significance of leveraging the latest artificial intelligence solutions and technologies while focusing on advancing skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics to enable young people to create sustainable solutions that bring about tangible positive change in the environmental landscape and energy sector locally, regionally and globally.
He added that the UAE continues to achieve significant progress in driving the transition to a clean-energy future by leveraging advanced technologies and innovations and exchanging expertise with leading global entities. Sheikh Khaled reaffirmed that these efforts align with the objectives of the country’s Net Zero 2050 Strategy, aiming to embed sustainable practices across key sectors.
His Excellency Saif Saeed Ghobash, secretary general of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, accompanied Sheikh Khaled during his visit to the Y4S Hub at ADSW 2025.
Key features at Y4S Hub
Organized by Masdar from January 14-16 at ADSW 2025, the Y4S Hub features the Annual Y4S Forum, which includes dynamic interactive sessions, engaging debates, insightful panels and inspiring keynotes featuring leading experts, entrepreneurs and innovators.
It also hosts Out-of-Labs, an innovation marketplace showcasing cutting-edge climate technologies and net-zero solutions developed by startups and student projects including Y4S participants.
Youth Connect, a series of hands-on workshops covering climate literacy and engaging youth climate negotiation simulations is also a key feature; as well as Innovate 4 Climate Pitch Day, where young innovators pitch their innovative solutions for water scarcity.
Under the theme ‘The Nexus of Next. Supercharging Sustainable Progress’, ADSW 2025 connects and empowers policymakers and business and civil society leaders to explore pathways to fast-track the transformation to a sustainable economy and spark a new era of prosperity for all.
