GCFC Convenes Roundtable on Unlocking Climate-Tech Infrastructure in the UAE

DATE 28 May 2025 At Make it in the Emirates, leaders from industry, government, and tech joined GCFC and partners to chart a path from pilot projects to scalable deployment.

What will it take to unlock the future of infrastructure in the UAE?

At Make it in the Emirates, the Global Climate Finance Centre (GCFC) convened a high-impact roundtable alongside Hub71, Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week – ADSW, UAE Independent Climate Change Accelerators, Ministry of Industry & Advanced Technology | وزارة الصناعة والتكنولوجيا المتقدمة and PwC under the umbrella of Innovate for Climatetech (I4C).

Leaders gathered from across the Abu Dhabi ecosystem including TAQA Group, ADNOC Group,HSBC, KEZAD Group, Abu Dhabi Investment Office, and climate-tech frontrunners Archireef, Electrogenos, AtmoCooling and Terrax to tackle the core challenge: how do we turn pilots into progress and unlock the challenges facing climatetech deployment.

Key discussion points
• Bridging the gap between R&D, first-of-a-kind projects, and full commercial scale
• De-risking capital and streamlining permitting for critical infrastructure
• Designing a national piloting framework to test, deploy and grow

Next steps include:
• Drafting a recommendations policy brief from the roundtable on how to unlock climate-tech deployment
• Establishing a national mechanism for piloting climatetech with partners and stakeholders