Located geographically and aesthetically far from famed Emirati excess, the €12bn Masdar City project is trying to plot out a new urban vision. But taking root in the desert has proved difficult: so far just 300 people live…
Like most other cities in the Gulf, Abu Dhabi is yet to fully deliver the mass solar rollout that makes sense considering its unrelenting sunshine. Yet Abu Dhabi’s MIT-partnered Masdar Institute of Science and Technology…
With the oil trade stuck in the doldrums it’s time the Gulf states turned their eyes skyward: the Abu Dhabi-based International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena) has released a report highlighting the potential economic…
Abu Dhabi is built on oil but the supply is not without a bottom. As a result, the city is morphing into a technology, and culture superpower. But who are the visionaries on the ground turning dreams into bricks and mortar…
Business in the UAE is booming but it’s not just tall towers shooting skyward, oil services or aviation. Here we profile a breadth of start-ups and smart ideas from AI and app development to design and film production –…
From the future of city living to how smaller states can make themselves heard, three solutions-focused professionals tell us how they are rethinking the way we live.
OK, so the Olympics were a soft-power triumph for the UK. But now what? Over the following pages we explore how Britain can harness that post-games optimism and meet some of the people who can help the country do just that…