{"id":90653,"date":"2026-10-18T08:21:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T08:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.forbesmiddleeast.com\/lists\/?page_id=90653"},"modified":"2026-10-20T12:09:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T12:09:58","slug":"amna-al-dahak","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.forbesmiddleeast.com\/lists\/sustainability-leaders-in-government-2026\/amna-al-dahak\/","title":{"rendered":"Amna Al Dahak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container white-container max-width-1100 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-center\" style=\"width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: 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style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><h1 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;color:#d00436;\">\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n  @media only screen and (max-width: 600px) {\n    .custom_line_height{\n      line-height: 40px !important;\n    }\n  }\n\n<\/style>\n<h1 class=\"title-heading-left custom_line_height\" style=\"margin:0;color:#d00436;\"><span class=\"custom_rank\">1. <\/span><span class=\"list_entry_title\">Amna Al Dahak<\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n<\/h1><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-2{margin-top:0px!important;margin-bottom:0px!important;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two list_category4 properties_title\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"title-heading-left title-heading-tag\" style=\"margin:0;color:#ffffff;\"><span style=\"color: red;\">\u2022<\/span> Minister of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE)<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-3{margin-top:0px!important;margin-bottom:0px!important;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-3 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two list_category4\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"title-heading-left title-heading-tag\" style=\"margin:0;color:#ffffff;\">\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n  .properties_title {\n    color: black;\n    font-weight: 600;\n    font-size: 20px;\n    font-family: 'Euclid';\n}\n\n.custom-spk-value-new {\n    font-family: \"Euclid\" !important;\n    font-size: 17px !important;\n    color: black;\n}\n<\/style>\n\n<div class=\"title-heading-left title-heading-tag\" style=\"margin:0;color:#ffffff;\"><span class=\"properties_title\">Country: <\/span><span class=\"custom-spk-value-new\">UAE<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\" 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In October 2025, the ministry launched the National Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) System, reducing the time required to prepare emissions inventories from 15 months to three. It also introduced Tahweel, a national digital marketplace for recyclable materials, in 2025, followed by the implementation of the next phase of the federal ban on specified single-use plastics in January 2026. As chair of the National Agriculture Centre, Al Dahak launched the Sustainable Product initiative in January 2026, aiming to increase the share of locally sourced agricultural and animal products used by UAE hotels and restaurants to 25%. 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