{"id":19162,"date":"2025-10-29T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/mena\/?p=19162"},"modified":"2025-10-29T18:06:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T15:06:21","slug":"blooming-futures-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/mena\/en\/blooming-futures-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Blooming Futures Report: Supporting the UAE\u2019s Journey Toward a Wellbeing Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"674\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-mena-stateless\/2025\/10\/d109afb3-p4-page-bloomimg-future-eng-1024x674.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-mena-stateless\/2025\/10\/d109afb3-p4-page-bloomimg-future-eng-1024x674.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-mena-stateless\/2025\/10\/d109afb3-p4-page-bloomimg-future-eng-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-mena-stateless\/2025\/10\/d109afb3-p4-page-bloomimg-future-eng-768x505.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-mena-stateless\/2025\/10\/d109afb3-p4-page-bloomimg-future-eng-1536x1011.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-mena-stateless\/2025\/10\/d109afb3-p4-page-bloomimg-future-eng-2048x1347.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-mena-stateless\/2025\/10\/d109afb3-p4-page-bloomimg-future-eng-510x336.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><em> The UAE stands at a pivotal moment. The pursuit of ambitious national visions calls for a future defined not just by mitigation, but by regeneration.<br>The prosperity of the next era hinges on the ability to learn from the ultimate master innovator: nature itself. This report charts a course for the UAE to move beyond merely reducing its environmental footprint to actively regenerating its ecological and social health, creating a resilient and inclusive economy.<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n<p>The UAE stands at a pivotal moment. With its ambitious national visions and declining economic reliance on oil, the nation is poised to lead a transformative shift beyond decarbonization toward a regenerative wellbeing economy. This report offers a strategic framework to guide that transition, arguing that the UAE\u2019s future prosperity hinges on its ability to learn from a master innovator: nature itself.<\/p>\n\n<p>We propose a dual framework to operationalize this shift:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Biomimicry:<\/strong> Leveraging 3.8 billion years of nature\u2019s R&amp;D to design resilient, circular systems that thrive in scarcity, much like the UAE\u2019s own desert ecosystems.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The commons:<\/strong> Reviving Emirati and Islamic traditions of shared stewardship (amana) and collaborative governance (shura) to manage resources equitably and build social cohesion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Our analysis reveals that while pioneering projects in the UAE, such as the Al Bahar Towers, demonstrate that this model works, they remain isolated examples. The main barrier is not a lack of vision or resources, but a series of systemic gaps: regulations that favor efficiency over empathy, financial models that prioritize short-term returns over long-term wellbeing, and urban planning that still defaults to environmentally inefficient, socially isolating sprawl.<\/p>\n\n<p>This report provides an actionable roadmap to bridge these gaps. Key recommendations include:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mainstreaming biomimicry and commons principles into national policy and urban codes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pioneering innovative financial instruments such as \u201cWellbeing sukuk\u201d and green waqf endowments.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Building capacity through knowledge commons and education reforms that blend traditional wisdom with modern science.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Measuring what matters by co-creating a National Wellbeing Index that tracks ecological health and social cohesion alongside economic metrics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>The opportunity is profound. By embedding these principles into its economic DNA, the UAE can move beyond mitigating its environmental footprint to actively regenerating it, creating a prosperous, resilient, and inclusive model that is both authentically Emirati and globally relevant. This is the call to action: to build an economy that does not merely exist in the environment but functions like one.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>For more information and to access the full report:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-cta\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/act.gp\/WEreportEG\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>The report in English<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-cta\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/act.gp\/WEexecutive_summary_EG\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Report\u2019s Summary in English<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-cta\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/act.gp\/WEreportAR\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u0627\u0644\u062a\u0642\u0631\u064a\u0631 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0644\u063a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-cta\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/act.gp\/WEexecutive_summary_AR\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>&nbsp;\u0645\u0644\u062e\u0635 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0642\u0631\u064a\u0631 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0644\u063a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The report, titled &#8220;Beyond Extractivism: Towards a Feminist and Just Economic Transition in Morocco and Egypt\u201d, challenges the widely held belief that European investments create mutual benefits. 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