The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of Britain funded the Climate Connection Champions program.
All four plans were equally innovative and creative, and all four were unanimously recognized by the judges as the most promising.
Team Angles developed a mobile app that makes food waste management fun and useful for youth in Dubai International Academic City.
Team Go Green engaged with the education community to ensure a safe environment that is free of plastic waste in the future.
Team Ms provided drinking water by using sustainable methods to reduce climate change.
Team AJ created awareness about climate change and encouraged people to recycle and buy second-hand clothes.
Aida Salamanca is the country director for the British Council UAE. She said: The Climate Connection Champions programme was all about empowering youths and encouraging them to take action on climate. I want to congratulate all students for their innovative ideas and hard work in implementing these ideas over this past month. The UAE is a country that has beautiful and important natural resources. It is inspiring to see how action plans have had a significant impact on people’s views of climate and made measurable changes in the way they tackle environmental challenges in their communities.
Muthanna G. Abdulrazzaq, president of American University in Dubai, said: It was our greatest pleasure to participate in such a promising programme, which comes at a time when the UAE is leading the global efforts to combat climate change. In particular, the UAE will host the 2023 global climate summit COP28.