A gas-guzzling fossil fuel exporter trying to spearhead more ambitious climate action, the United Arab Emirates remains heavily dependent on hydrocarbons for its prosperity.
– The carbon footprint –
The UAE may be a small country of only nine million inhabitants but it emitted 237 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) in 2021, according to the Global Carbon Atlas — without including methane and other greenhouse gas emissions.
The United Kingdom, for comparison, emitted 348 million that year for a population of 67 million people.
