uae Sustainability

Abstract

This paper examines the topic of environmental sustainability in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). UAE has embedded sustainability topics through its national agenda, green growth strategies, circular economy, UAE Green Business Toolkit, vision, and conferences such as COP 28. This paper uses the case study approach of MASDAR City. This case study serves to discuss problems and initiatives undertaken on human, structural, and legislative levels to alter the environmental status quo. Accordingly, the assessment of Masdar suggests that UAE is aware, though all the challenges and changes, about sustainable development theoretically and practically through policies, implementation plans, and awareness campaigns. As such, in addition to filling the gap in the literature, this paper is significant as it situates UAE experience in the context of sustainable cities and international developments and undeniable impact of globalization.