{"id":10,"date":"2020-03-25T10:07:12","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T10:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yfel.ku.ac.ae\/yfel\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2026-01-07T12:20:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T12:20:05","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/yfel.ku.ac.ae\/yfel\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Young Future Energy Leaders (YFEL) Program is Khalifa University\u2019s flagship outreach program in the field of sustainability.\u00a0 YFEL is designed to take university students and young professional through a series of activities that expands their understanding of alternative energy and sustainability, nurturing in them a deep understanding of the central role and relevance of alternative energy and sustainability to the enduring future of Abu Dhabi, the UAE and the world at large.<\/p>\n<p>This unique program helps mentor future leaders in the fields of alternative energy by engaging them with the leaders of today. YFEL also offers young professionals and students from the UAE and abroad the opportunity to become more engaged in finding solutions to the world\u2019s biggest challenges \u2013 energy efficiency and climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Each new cohort of the YFEL program kicks off during the annual World Future Energy Summit, which is held every January in Abu Dhabi during Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week. The YFEL members engage in debate and discussions about the future of energy and seek sustainable solutions to the challenges of climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Entry into the program is selective and highly competitive. Prospective candidates, from the UAE and around the world, need to demonstrate not only interest in future energy and sustainable development, but the talent to make a real and ongoing contribution at the highest level.<\/p>\n<p>Enabled by fresh insights and new connections, our Young Energy Leaders will go on to become future world leaders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Young Future Energy Leaders (YFEL) Program is Khalifa University\u2019s flagship outreach program in the field of sustainability.\u00a0 YFEL is designed to take university students and young professional through a series of activities that expands their understanding of alternative energy and sustainability, nurturing in them a deep understanding of the central role and relevance of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yfel.ku.ac.ae\/yfel\/about-us\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;About us&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":130,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yfel.ku.ac.ae\/yfel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yfel.ku.ac.ae\/yfel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yfel.ku.ac.ae\/yfel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yfel.ku.ac.ae\/yfel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yfel.ku.ac.ae\/yfel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/yfel.ku.ac.ae\/yfel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1496,"href":"https:\/\/yfel.ku.ac.ae\/yfel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/1496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yfel.ku.ac.ae\/yfel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yfel.ku.ac.ae\/yfel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}