The Medal is awarded to individuals in Abu Dhabi who have a positive impact on the environment and to those who have achieved excellence in the field of environmental work
Eligibility Criteria:
- The applicant must be working in Abu Dhabi.
- The applicant must demonstrate a long-term commitment (at least for three years) to sustainable environmental issues
- The applicant must have tangible contributions to protecting, regenerating, and/or restoring the environment
Sub-categories:
Optimal Natural Resource User Medal: This medal is targeting the distinguished users of Abu Dhabi natural resources, e.g., fishermen, farmers, hunters, owners of groundwater well, who are effectively and efficiently adopting sustainable practices while using the natural resources
Criteria: The applicant must have permits or fishing licenses like fishing license \ Falconry License... etc.
- Direction:
- Compliance with the relevant authorities’ laws, policies, and procedures related to the effective and efficient use of the natural resources (such as compliance with the hunting ban resolution, renewing licenses on time and obtaining the necessary permits…etc)
- Actively spreading awareness and sharing knowledge concerning sustainable environment issues among other members of the community, such as through educating other fishermen or farmers about sustainable practices
- Participating in local and/ or international environmental communities and conservation groups Participating in international and local environmental volunteering activities like: Green Youth Majlis, Green Experts, Green Citizens
- Execution:
- Contribute toward the environmental sustainability issues by using efficient and effective tools to protect, regenerate, and/or restore the environment (ex. nature protection and restoration, climate change, pollution …etc.)
- Efficient use of the natural resources by Implementing sustainable and responsible practices in the use of natural resources, (such as: amount of water used for irrigation, the type of water used in irrigation, efficient irrigation systems, crop rotation, reducing the use of pesticides, using environmentally responsible fishery, preserving coral reef, … etc.)
- Participation in conservation efforts and protection of endangered species, such as protecting their habitats or implementing measures to reduce the impact of farming or fishing on them
- Adopting creative and cutting-edge conservation practices to protect and improve the natural resources
- Replicating the environmentally friendly practices externally or internally
- Results:
- Measurable evidence on the level of commitment toward relevant authorities’ laws, policies, and procedures related to the effective and efficient use of the natural resources
- Measurable evidence on the effectiveness of the sustainable practices to protect, regenerate, and/or restore natural resources and to protect the endangered species (such as: pesticides usage, method of irrigation, type of water used in irrigation, fish population…etc.)
- Measurable impact of the environmentally friendly procedures and tools adopted (such as reduced use of water used or reduced use of pesticides or increased fish populations…etc.)
- Qualitative evidences of the environmental awards and recognitions achieved locally, regionally and/or internationally
- Measures that the environmentally friendly practice adopted are attracting UAE wide and/or international attention (different media coverage)
- Measures on the active participation in the environmental communities, conservation groups and volunteering locally and/or internationally
- Measures on the amount and influence of the sustainable environment awareness and knowledge sharing efforts exerted.
Environmental Initiators Medal: This medal is targeting any distinguished individual working in Abu Dhabi who has formed and implemented an environmental initiative that proved to positively impact environmental sustainability, locally, regionally, and/ or internationally
Criteria: The applicant must be clearly and directly associated with at least one environmental initiative implemented in Abu Dhabi
- Direction:
- Providing sustainable initiatives with clear and defined goals to protect, regenerate, and/or restore the environment (ex. nature protection and restoration, climate change, pollution …etc)
- Adopting initiatives that have clear contribution toward achieving the Emirate environment & sustainability goals
- Actively spreading awareness and sharing knowledge concerning sustainable environment issues, locally, regionally, and/or internationally
- Participating in local and/ or international environmental communities
- Participating in international and local environmental volunteering activities like: Green Youth Majlis, Green Experts, Green Citizens
- Execution:
- Effective and efficient Implementation of sustainable environmental initiatives
- Novelty of the sustainable environmental initiatives adopted
- Creativity and innovation of the sustainable environmental initiatives adopted
- Scaling or replicating the environmental initiative externally or internally
- Documenting the initiatives through registered patents, intellectual property, published scientific research and/or paper presented in specialized conferences
- Results:
- Measurable evidence that the initiatives have a positive impact on the environmental sustainability
- Measurable evidences of successful effective and efficient implementation of the initiatives
- Qualitative evidence of the recognition as an environmental champion locally, regionally and or internationally
- Measures on the active participation in the environmental communities and volunteering locally and/or internationally
- Measures that the initiatives are attracting UAE wide and/or international attention
- Measures on the amount and influence of the sustainable environment awareness and knowledge sharing efforts exerted.
Environmental Influencer Medal: This medal is targeting any distinguished individual in Abu Dhabi who is acting as an environmental champion and a role model to motivate and inspire others.
Criteria: The applicant must at least organise or participate in one of the environmental campaigns
- Direction:
- Actively spreading awareness regarding sustainable environment using different social media platforms
- Sharing knowledge concerning sustainable environment issues, locally, regionally, and/or internationally
- Participating in local and/ or international environmental communities
- Participating in international and local environmental volunteering activities like: Green Youth Majlis, Green Experts, Green Citizens.
- Execution:
- Acting as an environmental champion and a role model to motivate and inspire others within and outside your organization/ community
- Participating in the local and/or international conferences, exhibitions, journals, press and TV interviews, tackling important environment sustainability issues
- Making personal lifestyle choices that are aligned with sustainable environment values
- Embracing concrete actions that resulted in profound environmental gains on the personal and professional level.
- Results:
- Measures on the significant influence of promoting environmental causes
- Measures on the dedication and commitment toward environmental issues on the personal and professional level
- Qualitative evidence of the recognition as an environmental champion locally, regionally and/ or internationally through awards, certificates, thank you letters…etc.
- Measures on the active participation in the environmental communities and volunteering locally and/or internationally
- Measures on the amount and influence of the sustainable environment awareness and knowledge sharing efforts exerted