In 2016, the UAEUnited Arab Emirates leadership expanded the role of the MinistryMinistry of Climate Change and Environment of Environment and Water, to manage all aspects related to international and domestic climate change affairs. The establishment of the newly named MinistryMinistry of Climate Change and Environment of Climate Change and Environment is an important milestone. It enhances the UAEUnited Arab Emirates’s efforts to addressing the issue of climate change, through the implementation of comprehensive policies and initiatives to mitigate and adapt to climate change and protect our unique environmental systems.