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Downtown Dubai. The UAE is prospering even as war rages in the Middle East and superpower rivalry unravels the world.
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The Economist
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Over the next few weeks Dubai will be abuzz. Tens of thousands of diplomats, activists and business folk are due to fly in to join the United Nations’ annual climate powwow.
The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) skill at wrangling countries and industries with vastly disparate interests, in the hope of making further progress on tackling climate change, will be on full display.
