"Pointing out that the nation has one of the world’s worst ecological footprints, Holley Chant, a planning manager at the Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council in charge of Estidama, the emirate’s sustainable building and community initiative, said “the world is watching” to see how the UAE introduces policies to bring about change.
“Abu Dhabi is establishing Estidama and Dubai is working on their guidelines but we have to meet the same targets of promoting conservation of health, energy and resources,” she added.
