Index Commentary

The United Arab Emirates enhance their position in the Index by five places up to rank 44. This is driven by improvements in the environmental dimension through better performance across all indicators including lower energy and emissions intensity per capita, cleaner electricity and heat generation and an improved quality of air and water. Performance in social equity, energy security and the contextual dimensions remains relatively constant. After the catch-up in environmental performance, the UAE’s weakest dimension is energy security, struggling with high energy consumption growth rates and a lack of diversification in energy exports and in electricity generation.