Dubai Municipality won the King Abdullah II Award for Innovation in the field of Environmental Pollution among the Arab cities. Qassim Sultan, Director General of Dubai Municipality received the award from His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan at a ceremony held on the occasion at the Jordanian capital on 17th December 2002. It is the detailed study conducted by Dubai Municipality on pollution control in Dubai that has qualified it to receive the first position among the 26 studies presented by different organizations to win this award.