340 INDEX
U
UAE-Iran relations, 70
UAE-Qatar relations, 73
unemployment, 127, 160, 161, 241,
246, 250, 251, 255, 256
United Arab Emirates (UAE), 2, 4,
7–10, 13, 15, 20, 23, 28, 32,
39, 41, 42, 57–60, 62, 65–73,
75–81, 86, 94–96, 99, 103, 104,
111, 113, 115, 135, 188, 189,
237, 238, 243, 246, 254, 264,
265, 268, 269, 273, 275, 277–
282, 284, 287, 300, 303–308,
310–312, 317, 323–325
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC), 116, 301, 307–310,
313–315, 318–321, 323–326,
328, 330, 331
Urgent Expropriation (UE), 171
US nuclear power agreement, 69, 124
utility, 12, 15, 21, 58, 65, 67, 69, 75,
83, 95, 103, 123, 124, 126, 134,
196, 197, 202, 204, 212, 218,
219, 230, 231, 249, 253, 268,
312, 315
utility scale, 95, 98, 103, 107, 111,
115, 219, 222, 225, 279
W
water (and irrigation), 13, 22, 26, 27,
29–31, 37, 38, 44, 109, 123,
131, 134, 141, 142, 162, 176,
188, 189, 216, 223, 228, 265,
275, 276, 301, 309, 323, 325
Western Sahara, 128, 130, 131, 134,
139, 140
wind, wind energy, wind power, 1, 3,
4, 7, 11, 13, 14, 19, 20, 31, 32,
37, 39, 40, 42, 43, 62, 66, 77,
97, 99, 101, 122, 125–130, 134,
139, 157, 158, 164, 165, 187,
191, 197, 198, 215–217, 219,
220, 223, 225, 248–251, 254,
266, 276, 286, 315, 322