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Zayed International Foundation for the Environment participates in the Global South-South Development Expo that concluded in Nairobi on November 1, 2013.

Prof. Dr. Mohammed Ahmed bin Fahad, Chairman of the Higher Committee of the Zayed International Foundation for the Environment, Dr. Meshgan Al Awar, Secretary General of the Zayed International Prize for the Environment, and Mr. Fahad Jasim Al Ghass , Director of Public Relations and Marketing of  the Zayed International Foundation for the Environment ,were among the high-level delegates from 150 countries and across the United Nations system gathered at the headquarters of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) in Nairobi to tackle development challenges by harnessing and exchanging innovative solutions developed in the global South.

In all, more than $450 million was pledged between investors, green businesses, governments and other parties at the 2013 Global South-South Development Expo as hundreds of participants exchanged Southern-grown ideas, solutions and technologies throughout the week-long event.