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Dow Engages with International Energy Agency for Global Clean Energy Solutions

Kuwait 21 February 2011: Dow has long been a leader in providing global energy products, processes and perspectives to revolutionize the way society thinks about energy and unlock the answers to the world's climate change challenges. Recently in Paris, Dow leveraged its energy expertise to work with the International Energy Agency (IEA) to help launch its Low Carbon Technology Platform, which will accelerate the development and deployment of clean energy technologies around the world. The IEA is an intergovernmental organization which acts as an energy policy advisor to 28 member countries.

"In the absence of comprehensive global climate progress, the IEA and its programs are becoming an increasingly important route to positively influence international policy, and we are proud to contribute our experience and expertise to their efforts on clean energy technology," said Russel Mills, global director of Energy and Climate Change Policy. "There won't be a single, easy solution in this transition to a low carbon economy. The answers go well beyond our labs or the policy maker's pen. It will require an unprecedented collaboration between policy makers and the innovation engines of the private sector."

The aim of the IEA's Low-Carbon Technology Platform is to provide a forum for global energy stakeholders, including policy makers and business leaders, to create more effective and coordinated intergovernmental energy policies among developed and emerging economies. Dow was one of only a dozen businesses invited to work with the IEA in determining its focus and goals.

"The answers to our energy future are the answers of chemistry, and Dow is investing in the development of materials, technologies and business strategies that enable a low-carbon future," said Doug May, vice president of Energy and Climate Change. "However, the transition to a low carbon economy must be global. While we continue to create innovative energy solutions, we look forward to working with the IEA to tackle intergovernmental policy challenges."

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About The Dow Chemical Company
Dow combines the power of science and technology with the "Human Element" to passionately innovate what is essential to human progress. The Company connects chemistry and innovation with the principles of sustainability to help address many of the world's most challenging problems such as the need for clean water, renewable energy generation and conservation, and increasing agricultural productivity. Dow 's diversified industry-leading portfolio of specialty chemical, advanced materials, agrosciences and plastics businesses delivers a broad range of technology-based products and solutions to customers in approximately 160 countries and in high growth sectors such as electronics, water, energy, coatings and agriculture. In 2009, Dow had annual sales of $45 billion and employed approximately 52,000 people worldwide. The Company's more than 5,000 products are manufactured at 214 sites in 37 countries across the globe. References to " Dow " or the "Company" mean The Dow Chemical Company and its consolidated subsidiaries unless otherwise expressly noted. More information about Dow can be found at www.dow.com.

About Dow in Kuwait
For 15 years, Dow and Petrochemical Industries Company K.S.C. (PIC) of Kuwait have shared one successful milestone after another, partnering on six industry-leading joint ventures: EQUATE Petrochemical Company , MEGlobal, Equipolymers, EQUATE Marketing Company, The Kuwait Olefins Company (TKOC), and The Kuwait Styrene Company (TKSC). As the largest foreign investor, and the largest private employer of Kuwaiti nationals, through its JVs, in the petrochemicals industry in Kuwait, Dow has consistently promoted economic development and prosperity. Dow and PIC's joint ventures combine Dow 's strong existing asset base, technology position and market presence. Dow 's partnership with Kuwait's noted NGO, LoYAC is in line with Dow 's commitment to the communities in which it operates. LoYAC is noted in Kuwait for its inspired, innovative youth education and activities program, such as Dow 's sole partnership of the F1 Schools Challenge, support of LoYAC's award winning Drama Club and other youth developmental programs in Kuwait and abroad.

For more information, please contact:
Dow :
Jad Najjar
Public Affairs - KSA, Kuwait
Tel: +971 4 3123672
JNajjar@dow.com

Rosie Muhanna
Weber Shandwick Kuwait
Mob: +965 6621 6910
Rosie.muhanna@ws-mena.com

Reuven Proenca or Nisreen Sarryeh
Weber Shandwick MENA (Dubai)
Tel: +971 4 321 0077
Dow@ws-mena.com

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