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Within the UN-sponsored multilateral platform of WSIS Forum 2026, the AI for Good Global Summit 2026 and Session 562 of the WSIS Forum agenda in Geneva, a UAE-linked delegation led by H.E. Shaikh Hamad Rakadh Salem Hamad Alameri, Chairman of Shaikh Hamad Rakadh Salem Rakadh Office, advanced AI-driven climate finance, multilateral digital cooperation, green value infrastructure and global carbon market governance.
The delegation participated within Session 562, identified on the official WSIS Forum agenda as an official WSIS 2026 thematic side event titled “AI-Driven Empowerment for Innovative Climate Finance: Bridging the Global Climate Investment Gap via an Inclusive, Digitally Equitable Just Transition.” Set in the WSIS+20 era, the session connected digital innovation, AI empowerment, climate finance and global carbon market governance, including Paris Agreement Article 6, market liquidity and participation by developing economies.
In parallel, the delegation held discussions with the ITU Deputy Secretary-General on potential cooperation with UN- and ITU-sponsored frameworks around AI-enabled governance, responsible rule-building and trusted asset-representation standards for gold and metal-backed digital asset infrastructure. The discussion reinforced the importance of transparent standards, verifiable data, institutional trust and international cooperation as digital mechanisms represent financial and environmental value.
The discussion reflected a core challenge: climate ambition requires credible, verifiable and interoperable green value. Cross-border carbon market cooperation faces fragmented rules, uneven liquidity and limited trusted representation of green assets. Addressing these issues requires transparent data, credible verification, digital MRV and inclusive participation.
Against this background, H.E. Shaikh Hamad anchored the UAE engagement and set out a platform-oriented vision for connecting green value, digital infrastructure, AI innovation, carbon market mechanisms and global investment cooperation.
Within this official platform context, the delegation presented three outcomes: the Sustainable ESG-backed Green Gold Digital Asset Initiative, the launch of ClimateEX, and the establishment and on-site signing ceremony of the World Climate Finance Digital Asset Committee (WCFDAC). Together, they addressed the green transition at three levels: trusted value representation through the Green Gold Initiative, market infrastructure through ClimateEX, and institutional cooperation through WCFDAC.
The Sustainable ESG-backed Green Gold Digital Asset Initiative, advanced by Shaikh Hamad Rakadh Salem Rakadh Office and ClimateEX, is a green value and ESG-backed digital asset framework. It explores how verified green assets, carbon value and ESG-backed environmental value can be represented through trusted digital mechanisms combining digital MRV, lifecycle audit, traceability and recognized value reference mechanisms.
ClimateEX reinforced this infrastructure approach as a platform connecting green resources, climate finance, digital infrastructure and international cooperation, supporting carbon market connectivity, digital MRV, value recognition and market participation.
The WCFDAC signing ceremony added a multilateral cooperation dimension. Presented as a joint founding initiative, WCFDAC is designed as a platform supporting climate finance innovation, carbon market liquidity, blue-carbon value realization and fair participation by developing economies.
Mr. Jeson Zheng, Global Chairman of UAE Global 2031 Strategic Partnership (GSP), emphasized alignment with the “We the UAE 2031” vision and highlighted the UAE’s role in connecting ideas, investment and opportunities for a greener future.
“The next stage of sustainable development requires infrastructure capable of supporting the identification, representation, circulation and collaboration of green value,” said Mr. Bureir Jalil Ibrahim Fashakh, Vice Chairman and CEO of Shaikh Hamad Group.
The message from Geneva was clear: climate finance requires trusted infrastructure as well as funding commitments. By connecting green value, AI innovation, carbon market mechanisms and international partnership, the UAE is positioned as a strategic platform for practical climate finance cooperation and Global Green Value Infrastructure.