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Masdar City_Exclusive Coverage of a Sustainable City in a Leading OPEC Nation

January 18, 2010 by Daniel Schiller
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Masdar City- conceived and launched in 2006 by the government of the United Arab Emirates- has garnered global attention. Put on tour in 2009 by the World Future Energy Summit- and covered here by SMT CEO and Co-Founder Robin Fray Carey. This year we've partnered with on-site reporter, Mildred Fernandes, to provide up to the moment... [read more]

Top Ten Sustainability Stories of the Decade

December 21, 2009 by Warren Karlenzig
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It's the end of the decade 2000-2009, and there has been progress as well as potential disaster for sustainability. In chronological order, I've chosen these ten stories to show a range of relevant global and national issues and events on climate, business, government, media, design, technology, language and demographics. Some of the... [read more]

Dubai World and Masdar: A Tale of Two Cities

December 7, 2009 by Chris Nelder
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For last week’s Green Chip Stocks, I contrasted Dubai World and Masdar City as icons of the past and future. Looking at the world through the lens of energy investing and peak oil, it’s hard to imagine a starker contrast than Dubai World and Masdar City. Both will rise out of a barren wasteland of sand in less than three decades, but... [read more]

The Zero Net Carbon City of Masdar and the Dubai Credit Crisis

December 1, 2009 by Warren Karlenzig
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What will the impacts be of the Dubai credit crisis on Masdar City, the famous living sustainability lab being built in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), with the goal of being a zero-net carbon city? So far the UAE capital city-state of Abu Dhabi, backed by significant revenues from oil production and collateral from reserves, has... [read more]