1. Environmental Destruction in Dubai

2. Raw Sewage Mixed opinions on water Decreases tourism which is vital to Dubai’s Economy Sewage gets illegally dumped on beaches Night time is common for civilians to dump sewage Into man wholes

3. Causes beach programs to close People lose jobs Less tourism Fines are given if you are caught

4. Indoor beach Indoor ski slope Underwater hotel Largest mall in the world Tallest buildings

5. Relies on cheap oil Large energy companies Masdar city, the first carbon neutral development

6. First renewable energy city Most donations for an oil procedure Largest oil plan In Dubai Finish by 2016

7. Germany- 11 million UAE- 136 million, 50 million annually Clan tech fund- 250 million investment 22 billion dollar project in total

8. Polluting water Water will get worse and worse Clean, drink, throw junk back in etc. Companies trying to assist

9. Carbon dioxide per capita is 44x India, 15x China 600 cars= 1000 people Booming attractions create pollution One of the biggest polluted lands

10. Fossil fuels put all civilians lives in danger Greenhouse gasses in Dubai are 33.6 metric tons, and the world average is only 3.7 Temperature is increasing by 1.8 – 4 degrees Celsius by the end of the century After US, most domestic waste

11. Construction Causes Chaos largest factor in pollution many cranes are used for tall buildings glass is harder to build, and therefore more costly and polluting more

12. 2 surrounding new cities now have recycling programs In the process of finding a way to reuse wash basin Reusing swimming pool water solar panels (IRENA)

13. 1.5 million residents threw away 2.19 tons in 2007 56% increase from 2005 8000 tons were buried near a river 3.34 million tons of waste was collected last year, 438,327 tons more than in 2006

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