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UAE Accelerates Towards Sustainability Reducing Reliance on Oil and Gas Resources |
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As a rapidly developing country, the UAE experienced extraordinary economic growth and with that came the increased demand for energy and resources. The UAE has been ranked with one of the highest per capita Ecological Footprints in the world.
As a part of the UAE, Dubai?s biggest challenge is water, which may be everywhere in the gulf but is undrinkable without desalination plants. These produce emissions of carbon dioxide that have helped give Dubai and UAE as a whole, one of the world?s largest carbon footprints. Enormous amounts of heated sludge is generated which is pumped back into the sea. Albeit all these hassles, UAE remains a firm believer in sustainable and clean energy. In the aftermath of realising all these issues and the large-scale predicament these issues would create in the near future, UAE has taken several initiatives to reduce its footprint. These smalll initiatives have not only mitigated UAE's footprint to a minimal but they have also increased sustainability in the region by leaps and bounds. The UAE Government recently announced that they are reducing reliance on oil revenues even further and concentrate on ploughing their surplus into developing the non-oil sector to shield itself from the possible shock of falling oil prices in the future. The nation expects the oil prices to fall substantially in the coming years due to the growing new cleaner and greener forms of energy. In fact, the region is witnessing a massive shift from investment in oil and gas resources to more new sustainable energy investments. The country also hopes to stand as an example to other Gulf and oil-rich countries, epitomizing change and renovation in energy management and use. This is an indication that the region is a key role-player in advocating the shift to sustainable resources. SourceThe National |
 
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12 Comments
Thank you Samuel for your commennt:)
Posted 23-03-2015 21:27
Thanks for sharing, it is great work bro......
Posted 22-03-2015 16:06
You are most welcome, Arushi! Lets work together towards accelerating the nation's journey to a sustainable future by disseminating awareness and and taking actions to the best of our capacities:)
Posted 21-03-2015 04:33
Thanks for sharing UAE's plan and vision towards being a sustainable country.
Posted 21-03-2015 04:11
Thank you, Bindu, Rohan, Eco-gen and Christy for all your comments:)
Posted 20-03-2015 11:32
Thank you for sharing the current status of green energy plan of UAE. You must feel very happy! I would love see UAE 10 years later which will be completely a green-futuristic country :)
Sadly, the government of Korea approved using a nuclear plant further its original lifetime. You are truly blessed with those green drive of the government.
Posted 20-03-2015 11:05
Thanks Manav!!! :D
Posted 20-03-2015 08:43
Thanks for the report & subsequent suggested modification, Manav.
Posted 19-03-2015 20:52
Dear Manav, thank you for sharing the information about the sustainability measures of UAE, which undoubtedly is a role model not only to the golf countries but to the world as a whole.
I am sure you will take in mind the suggestion of Eco- generation team next time.
Cheers :)
Posted 19-03-2015 19:56
I am not able to modify it aptly so here is the link-
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/28/business/energy-environment/28dubai.html?pagewanted=all
Posted 19-03-2015 17:24
I will modify it immediately. Thank you for your comment, Eco-gen:)
Posted 19-03-2015 17:12
Thanks for sharing Manav! However it would be much great if you can include the original source link at the end of the article. And I wonder if these photos are allowed to be released by anyone. I can read some of the first few sentences copied from NY times article so it would be appreciated if you can r-write the sentence with your own words! Thank you! Manav!
Posted 19-03-2015 13:11