On 9 March 2017, more than 100 academicians from 20 colleges/universities across the UAE met to commemorate “World Water Day” which takes place annually on 22 March. They examined the steps taken so far by their campuses made steps for setting a future roadmap for mainstreaming the concerns of SDG’s and the Paris Treaty Concerns in Universities and Colleges Campuses of the UAE. As part of the Sustainable Campus Initiative, the Mentor Conference followed on from previous conferences held over the past two years, “Mainstreaming Environment Education in Colleges and Universities” held in 2015 and “Campus Interaction and Dialogue” held in 2016. A discussion held on the ‘Youths role and perspective of the SDGs’ saw 40 students taking part, with six experts having presented papers on their projects related to SDGs and the Paris Treaty Concerns. Both the experts and the youth showed great effort to promote environmental sustainability in collaboration with institutions of higher education in the United Arab Emirates. The conference’s panel discussion on the ‘Role of Higher Education in realising National and Global Sustainable Goals’ was moderated by Mr Derek Gliddon, Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi, included the following experts: • Dr Nawal Al Hosny, Zayed Future Energy Prize (ZFEP) • Mr Craig Halgreen, Boroughe (Abu Dhabi Polymers Company Ltd) • Ms Ida Tillisch, Emirates Wildlife Society-World Wildlife Fund (EWS-WWF) • Mr AbdulRahman Al Jahoushi, Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT) • Dr Fares Howari, Zayed University This year’s event aim was to highlight the important role of colleges and universities in promoting the vision of the Abu Dhabi Environment Vision 2030, aligned with the Emirate of Abu Dhabi 2030 plan. Furthermore to encourage the field of sustainability researches and achieve SDGs.