A Sustainable Future for Dubai?

My fellow futures traveller Andrew Wynberg asked me a question some time ago: “What is it like to be a futurist in Dubai?” I have been pondering that question at some length and will attempt to make a cogent and coherent answer to it over the coming few posts. First off some reflections on sustainability: In a presentation a while ago by Richard Slaughter that I witnessed, he provided pictures of Dubai and the various islands shaped like palms off its shore and questioned their long-term via