Question
Write about sustainability in the UAE and Dubai. Use scholarly sources. Write 150 words per source.
https://uaesdgs.ae/en/goals/sustainable-cities-and-communities
https://www.expo2020dubai.com/en/discover/sustainability
https://u.ae/en/information-and-services/environment-and-energy/environmental-protection/efforts-towards-sustainability
Solution
SUSTAINABILITY
“Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable” (N.d.). UAESDGs.ae. Retrieved from https://u.ae/en/information-and-services/environment-and-energy/environmental-protection/efforts-towards-sustainability
The article addresses the current and planned infrastructure in the UAE. The primary focus of the article is the sustainable cities that exist and those that are underway in the UAE in cities such as Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The article also highlights some of the significant features of the two cities and how they contribute to sustainability. Furthermore, the article discusses how the UAE is involved in the recognition and mitigation of environmental problems.
Analysis:
The information in the article is very convincing. Notably, the article not only mentions the sustainable cities being built in the UAE and Dubai but also how the cities are expected to contribute to sustainability. The article is also significant as it primarily focuses on sustainability in UAE, a key area of my topic. Information from the article may well-fit in the body of the project paper as it provides resourceful insights on ways in which sustainability is being enhanced in the UAE and Dubai.
“Efforts towards sustainability” (2019, August 29). UAE. Retrieved from https://u.ae/en/information-and-services/environment-and-energy/environmental-protection/efforts-towards-sustainability
The article discusses strategies that UAE has put in place to address the challenges of energy and climate change in each of its emirates. Some of the strategies discussed in the article include the advanced energy-efficient desalination project, Dubai Integrated Energy Strategy 2030, Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050, and UAE Energy Strategy 2050. Findings from the source also reveal that the four strategies aim at achieving 44 percent clean energy, 38 percent gas, 12 percent clean coal, and 6 percent nuclear.
Analysis:
Findings from the article are very resourceful. In particular, the information provides substantial insight on UAE’s economic plans to achieve environmental sustainability through the three environmental dimensions of renewable, nuclear, and clean energy sources. The article is also significant to my topic as it focuses primarily on sustainability in the UAE and Dubai. Furthermore, the source provides information on the financial input that is required to achieve the planned level of sustainability. The article will be used in the body of the paper and in supporting statistics about the contribution of each sustainability strategy.
“Sustainability at EXPO 2020 Dubai” (N.d.). EXPO 2020 Dubai UAE. Retrieved from https://www.expo2020dubai.com/en/discover/sustainability
The article analyzes EXPO 2020 and its plans to achieve sustainability. The analysis reveals that EXPO 2020 is innovating a variety of smart techniques such as generating clean energy, reducing water consumption, and promoting natural solutions to achieve Dubai Plan 2021, UAE vision 2021, and UN’s 2030 agenda for sustainable development. The article also reveals that EXPO 2020 plans to create a positive environmental impact through four primary objectives, including developing sustainability answers that benefit the UAE economy and increasing public awareness about EXPO 2020’s engagement with sustainability.
Analysis:
The findings in the article are partly convincing. On the one hand, the article provides resourceful information on some of the sustainability plans of EXPO 2020. However, the article does not sufficiently highlight infrastructure that will facilitate the achievement of the mentioned sustainability goals. Nonetheless, the article is significant to my topic as it focuses on the creation of sustainability in UAE and Dubai through EXPO 2020. As such, the source will be used in the body of the paper to build on information about sustainability efforts being made in the UAE and Dubai.
References
“Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable” (N.d.). UAESDGs.ae. Retrieved from https://u.ae/en/information-and-services/environment-and-energy/environmental-protection/efforts-towards-sustainability
“Sustainability at EXPO 2020 Dubai” (N.d.). EXPO 2020 Dubai UAE. Retrieved from https://www.expo2020dubai.com/en/discover/sustainability
“Efforts towards sustainability” (2019, August 29). UAE. Retrieved from https://u.ae/en/information-and-services/environment-and-energy/environmental-protection/efforts-towards-sustainability