In recognition of her efforts in the international environmental policy and her contributions to motivate the International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena) to choose the emirate of Abu Dhabi to host its headquarter, Shaikha Lubna Al Qasimi, Minister of Development and International Cooperation, has received the Elizabeth Haub Prize for Environmental Diplomacy for 2012 in Milan, Italy.

 

The accolade is testimony to the vital role the UAE plays in leading international diplomacy towards a sustainable and clean world.

 

Wolfgang Burhenne, Executive Governor of the International Council of Environmental Law (ICEL), presented the prize in the presence of Jumma Mubarak Al Junaibi, UAE Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, Khalid Salem bin Ghalaitah, UAE Consul-General in Munich, and an assembly of international officials and experts in the environment sector, in addition to German and European media.