UAE: Abu Dhabi

The world population is expected to reach 9bn by 2050, and future energy demand will put a tremendous strain on our limited natural resources. We must develop and deploy new energy sources while reducing the effects of climate change and environmental degradation. To this end, the UAE is making several major investments to create a bridge between today’s fossil fuel...

With an ambitious expansion plan in its petrochemicals and chemicals sector, Abu Dhabi is most notably pushing ahead in plastics and fertilisers. The several new petrochemicals projects due to come on-line in 2013-17 should make a substantial contribution to Abu Dhabi’s Economic Vision 2030 by creating a more diversified economy in which a larger...

As it continues to develop and diversify its economy, transport is playing a central role in the long-term development of Abu Dhabi. Not only does the growing population mean investment is required to keep Abu Dhabi City moving, but transport in the broader sense occupies a significant position in both the emirate’s economic diversification strategy...