Geo462 Current Environmental Issues: Uae Assessment Answer

With the ramified economic changes, strengthening the green areas and making the environment more positive considered to be the main objective of the UAE’s development policies. The main impact of these policies is found on the strengthening the green areas, developing water preservation system, improving the marine environment and protecting it from the pollution to preserve the livestock’s (Ajmal, Malik, & Saber, 2017).  The main objective of environment policies and program in UAE is developed by the Federal government agency and other concerned department of country is to strengthening the green areas and making the environment more positive to preserve fisheries and other livestock (Reiche, 2010).

Describe the various bodies responsible for environmental public policy at the federal, emirate, and local levels

 These environment protection policies are managed by the government on three different levels named the federal, emirate, and local levels (Al-Ali, 2008). However, there are several agencies who are responsible for environmental public policy at the federal, emirate, and local levels such as Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, individual emirates bodies, department of tourism and commerce and department of environmental and protections (Alaiwi, Khalfan, Sagoo, A., & Georgy, 2017).

Federal government agency

It is analyzed that on the international federal level, Federal government agency undertakes the entire environment protection policies and rules for environment related issue.

Provincial government-

With the national policies on environment is a liability or responsibilities of the Ministry, provincial government who endeavor towards translating guidelines into the regional context.

Municipal government (Dubai Municipality, Dubai Civil Defense, Department of Finance)

It is related to implementing the local environmental policies and strategy with a view to manage the environment. These authorities prepare the local regulations and legal implications on the environmental protection on local level. Municipalities in UAE also work public authorities such as Water Board, and other authorities who take imperative decisions (Ajmal, Malik, & Saber, (2017). 

However, with the changes in time, in order to strengthen the environment protections and preservation of the fisheries and livestock, UAE has made progressive changes in its environment protections and policies program (Ajmal, et al. 2017). The newly policies introduce by the UAE federal government agency has focused on conserving the water and energy consumption in its business process. Furthermore, new environment protection SH1 has also been introduced to mitigate the negative impact of desalination which arises due to the increased use of CO2 causing acidification of the sea which have eventually and subsequently increase the level of ocean’s temperature (Hunjra, et al. 2017).

References

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Al-Ali, J. (2008). Emiratisation: drawing UAE nationals into their surging economy. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 28(9/10), 365-379.

Hunjra, A. I. I., Faisal, F., Abdeen, Z. U., Kamal, A., Ghufran, M., & Bashir, A. (2017). The Asset and Liabilities Gap Management of Conventional and Islamic Banks: An Empirical Study of Pakistan, UAE, Malaysia, and Bahrain. 64(20), 28-46

Reiche, D., (2010). Energy Policies of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries—possibilities and limitations of ecological modernization in rentier states. Energy Policy, 38(5), pp.2395-2403.