Political narrative of the twin green and digital transitions in the United Arab Emirates

Agnieszka Syliwoniuk-Wapowska

Chapter 14 in The Twin Digital and Green Transition, 2026, pp 240-257 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Throughout its over fifty years’ history, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has followed the path of rapid economic growth, sparing no effort to become an important regional actor (yet with global ambitions) and satisfy the needs of its citizens. Understanding the potential of green and digital transitions, over the past years, the government of the UAE has included principles and priorities of both transitions in the development model implemented in the country. This, in turn, was translated into public policies and programmes through which they are implemented and expressed in key strategic documents that frame the UAE's development. These documents convey a political narrative, not only of the twin (green and digital) transitions, but also of the broader narrative of the UAE's future. Given the UAE's role in the broader region, and the relative absence of critical insight into respective developments, this chapter unpacks the rationale behind the twin transition narrative. To this end, two key questions are addressed. How is the narrative of the twin green and digital transitions constructed? How is this narrative reflected in key documents that provide a framework for the implementation of these transitions in the UAE at the levels of the federation and individual emirates?

Keywords: United Arab Emirates (UAE); Twin transition; Green transition; Digital transition; Political narrative; Development model; Narrative analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781035364275
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