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Many government leaders attended the sustainability events aiming to attract investment and potential trade deals (Photo: Rashed Al Mansoori, UAE Presidential Court)

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UAE's fossil-fuelled high-tech mirage of a green future

Many government leaders attended the sustainability events aiming to attract investment and potential trade deals (Photo: Rashed Al Mansoori, UAE Presidential Court)

Barreling down a highway towards Abu Dhabi at 4am still groggy from my flight, the driver casually waved his hands towards a flickering in the distance. As we swerved around the bend a lone windmill appeared. Its blades blasting red, blue, and green lasers down on a post-apocalyptic junkyard. Framing the sun-stricken wreckage (apparently a themed restaurant) was a sign flashing the words: The Last Exit.

A fitting omen, I thought, if a bit on the nose, because I was invited to attend th...

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Wester is a journalist from the Netherlands with a focus on the green economy. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Vice, Motherboard, a science-based website, and climate economy journalist for The Correspondent.

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