During Abu Dhabi Finance Week 2025, the UAE Sustainable Finance Working Group published its fourth formal statement, marking a decisive turn toward implementation as the country accelerates efforts to embed...
• Abu Dhabi leverages policy, capital markets, and cross border partnerships to scale climate finance across emerging and developed economies• ADSFF convenes global investors, regulators, and innovators to accelerate investment...
• Regulators from MENA, Europe, Asia and the US met under closed door conditions to assess risks in the fast growing private credit sector.• Discussions focused on leverage, liquidity, retail...
• NYU Stern at Abu Dhabi releases its first Financial Centre Competitiveness Index ranking the emirate No. 1 in MENA and 12th globally• Global asset managers, sovereign investors, and family...
• USD 1.9 billion in global commitments announced at ADFW 2025, including USD 1.2 billion in new funding• Resource gap for GPEI 2022–2029 strategy drops to USD 440 million• Funding...
Abu Dhabi Finance Week (ADFW) 2025 is set to host one of the most influential gatherings in global finance, bringing together CEOs, founders, policymakers, and investors who collectively manage more...
• Creates a unified, Sharia-compliant banking framework for endowments across Abu Dhabi• Enables digital public contributions to certified endowment portfolios through ADIB channels• Strengthens oversight, transparency and financial governance across...
• UAE commits $1 billion to restore and modernise Yemen’s power sector through solar, wind and grid projects.• Portfolio to be delivered by Abu Dhabi’s Global South Utilities, expanding generation...
• New project aims to convert 500,000 tons of waste per year into sustainable aviation fuel for one of the world’s largest aviation hubs.• Hybrid pathway integrates green hydrogen from...
Abu Dhabi has launched its first Climate Change Adaptation Plan for the Environment Sector (2025–2050), establishing a long-term, science-based strategy to build climate resilience across the emirate’s natural systems. Developed...
Abu Dhabi has introduced MARSDNA, a groundbreaking tool designed to advance Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) goals in the maritime sector. Developed by Maqta Technologies Group, this free, user-friendly digital...
The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) has launched an international standard carbon Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) programme to address carbon emissions and accelerate the emirate’s transition to a...
The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) has reported a dramatic reduction in single-use plastic bag consumption since implementing its Single-Use Plastic Policy in June 2022. In just two years,...
Avrio has announced that its Digital Financial Market Infrastructure (DFMI) is now available in the Abu Dhabi Global Markets Financial Services Regulatory Authority Digital Lab (Lab), delivering a suite of...
ADGM – the first regulator in the world to develop a framework to support carbon as a commodity Corporates can trade and finance carbon credits like conventional financial assets The...