Introduction
Renewable energy has emerged as a revolution in the world energy sector, and the transition driven by renewables intensifies at an unprecedented speed. Few people would have thought, even in the past several years, that the United Arab Emirates would be deploying resources in renewable energy projects. The same would also have applied to the scope of the political and technological environment established in the country to initiate the process of decarbonization of its economy. The Ladder of Interference was important in drawing better conclusions and challenging the studies of other scholars according to the reality and known facts. Applying this theory throughout the study was important in demonstrating that the shift into the use of renewable energy in the UAE has effects on the citizens on a day-to-day basis and that the rate of climate change can be reduced by concentrating on the use of renewable energy. This issue is a call that most institutions in the world are adhering to both in the public and private sectors.
The Exploring Stage
The UAE energy plan and the green economy are among the key emerging trends influencing the transition and can affect how the future unfolds in the energy sector and the people of the UAE at large. They both can have a massive influence on the economic and environmental issues in the UAE. The people’s direct experience and recent scientific research about climate change and environmental devastation call for the need for both trends. The UAE Energy Plan 2050 intends to improve the efficiency of energy by 40% and increase the use of clean energy by 50%, subsequently reducing by 70% the emission of carbon dioxide (LeAnne, 2017). The green economy would be relevant to the UAE since it increases the weight of the economic sectors according to the environmental and economic effects. The green economy is inextricably linked to reducing poverty and conserving nature.
The Impact Analysis Matrix was useful in assessing the effects of the transition to the use of renewable energy on the UAE citizens in that it offered a permanent and transparent record of conclusions to be made. It also allowed for conclusions based on both quantitative data and subjective information. The primary research question for the project was: How does transitioning to use renewable energy impact the UAE citizens daily. The findings indicated that the rate of climate change can be reduced by concentrating on the use of renewable energy. It is an initiative that most governments are implementing in its entirety.
The Describing Stage
The UAE Energy Plan 2050 is an ambitious strategy whose objective increase the use of clean energy by slashing the reliance on the generation of power using natural gas. The UAE intends to save about Dh700 billion by improving the efficiency of the energy by 40% before the middle of the century. Currently, about 90% of energy production in the UAE depends on natural gas. The Energy policy intends to increase the production of energy from renewable sources to 44%. More so, the plan aims at setting the energy production from nuclear energy at 6%, clean fossil at 12%, and 38% from gas (LeAnne, 2017). This will go a long way in ensuring clean energy is the priority.
The Developing Stage
Several implementation strategies and reforms are either in their early stages of execution or already put in place towards the realization of the UAE Energy Plan 2050. In 2014, the International Energy Agency showed from its recent statistics that 50% of the energy production in the world originated from gas and oil (LeAnne, 2017). Having dominated the production and exportation of oil for several years, the UAE is now looking for alternative sources of energy. Renewable energy is the desired future that inspires action and strategy and the country has backcasted to work out the way to achieve it. Programs, services, and policies from the perspective of backcasting would be important in determining the effects of the strategy on real people. The region-wide policy whereby the global strength of the economy and ensuring sustainable development can be achieved by creating an integrated GCC energy strategy because gulf nations are alike in the sense of economic structure.
Reference
LeAnne G., T. S. (2017). UAE Energy Plan aims to cut CO2 emissions by 70% by 2050. Web.