Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 26

29-Jun-2009

UAE

UAE Pledges $185Mn/Year In Bid to Host Renewables Agency

Member states of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) are due to vote in a secret ballot in Sharm al-Shaikh on 29 June to determine where the agencys headquarters will be located. The UAE has been lobbying hard to have it in Abu Dhabi. Shaikha Lubna al-Qasimi, UAE Minister of Foreign Trade, has been seeking to persuade diplomats at UN headquarters in New York of the...