For the fifth consecutive year, Dar and Sidara will be joining the Conference of the Parties summit held annually under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP31). Taking place this year in Türkiye’s capital Antalya from the 9^th until the 20^th of November under the theme of “Zero Waste as Climate Action,” COP31 will serve as the primary global platform for negotiating and advancing collective action against climate change while offering countries an opportunity to strengthen their climate commitments and accelerate the transition toward a low-carbon future.

On Wednesday, November 11^th, Dar and sister Sidara companies will host two sessions on the sidelines of COP31, at the Miracle Resort Hotel, showcasing how digital innovation, advanced engineering, and strategic design can rapidly scale up global infrastructure without sacrificing climate goals.

• Session 1: Digital Water Infrastructure. November 11^th, 11:00 AM. Led by Alp Erdem, Board Member at Su-Yapı, this interactive presentation and networking session will highlight how digital twin capabilities and artificial intelligence intersect with physical infrastructure design to actively reduce emissions. The session will focus on leveraging predictive analytics and advanced asset maintenance to build more climate-resilient dams and water systems, maximising safety and community benefits. Attendees will also receive a live demonstration of the PARA dashboard, a cutting-edge platform that can optimise water resource management and environmental protection. Dar’s Digital Strategy Lead and Business Development Manager Amr Abdul Nasr Al Yafi will be presenting on behalf of Dar.
• Session 2: Decarbonising Data Centres. November 11th, 2:00 PM. Chaired by Adam Mactavish of Currie & Brown, this high-level panel discussion will feature David Barker of Introba and Elie Keyrouz of Dar, alongside representatives from the World Green Building Council (WGBC) and Equinix. The panel will address the crucial challenge of delivering AI-driven computing capacity at speed while simultaneously overcoming regional power grid constraints. By exploring smarter infrastructure solutions, energy-efficient cooling technologies, and sustainable design frameworks, the session will outline an actionable path for supporting the clean energy transition even as global digital demand skyrockets.

In addition to our speakers, Dar’s delegation for COP31 will include Balsam Nehme, Dar’s Partner for Sustainability and Sidara’s Group Executive Director of Sustainability & Implementation, and our Partner – Digital Solutions Faysal Shair along with representatives from Sidara companies Wood, Introba, Currie & Brown, and Perkins & Will.

Advocating for impactful climate action in the built environment

Across the last five UN Climate Change Conferences, Dar has joined Sidara colleagues in advocating for a sustainable, digitally optimised, and climate-resilient built environment. Beginning with foundational corporate alignment and major decarbonisation pledges at COP26 in Scotland—including a formal commitment to the World Green Building Council’s Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment—the firm steadily expanded its technical contributions to provide a net-zero roadmap at COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh. Through its own dedicated pavilion and through a central presence at key hubs like the Buildings and Cooling Pavilion at COP28 in the United Arab Emirates and with a strong presence at COP29 in Azerbaijan, Dar has consistently led high-level discussions on decarbonising high-impact and difficult to abate industries and sectors, through strategies such as deploying digital twin technologies, implementing circular economy principles, and establishing integrated engineering strategies. This global climate advocacy continued at COP30 in Brazil, where Dar and Sidara tackled the dual pressures of environmental change and shifting global demographics, emphasising low-carbon inclusive development, the electrification of urban transit networks, and the adaptive retrofitting of existing assets.

Heading into COP31 in Türkiye, this strategic momentum will shift to focus specifically on water infrastructure resilience and the rapid decarbonisation of power- and water-intensive data centres to align unprecedented technological growth with global sustainability.