The UAE should prioritise sustainable development to ready itself for life after oil, experts say. Academics are looking at how best to achieve this, and how to train a new generation of Emiratis to do so.
Dr Sami Mahroum, of the Insead business school, has been researching the subject for Abu Dhabi’s government. He favours mandatory green-building standards and government support.
“If the government subsidised it, there wouldn’t be those jumps in cost,” Mr Mahroum said. “In time, the UAE could be a source of new technologies and solutions.”
Construction accounts for about 30 per cent Abu Dhabi’s economy, putting it second only to oil.
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