Peaceful Energy in Abu Dhabi

So we’ve left Abu Dhabi which was the first stop in the Energy & Disarmament part of the tour. I didn’t see very much of anything except the port, but the work and has given us a very successful start for the tour.

We held a well received press conference on board launching "Energy Revolution - a Pathway to a Sustainable and Clean Energy Future for the Middle East" – find it here. The press conference was attended by CNN web in Arabic, Al Fajr daily, Akhbar al Arab, Gulf News, Emirates Today, Al Emarat al Yom, Khaleej Times, Al Bayan daily and Al Khaleej daily. Gulf News, one of the english language dailies, printed a particularly nice story, with the rest of the page taken up by other stories on renewable energy which reinforced our messaging very well.

As well as the press conference we also hosted a VIP reception as well as about 120 school children and another 100 our so members of the public during an open boats. All the children were from the French School – the teacher told me it was important that the children know all about the Rainbow Warrior.

Nicky