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The Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC) is an Abu Dhabi government entity [1] responsible for shaping advanced research and development (R&D) for technology in Abu Dhabi, [2] [3] the capital of the United Arab Emirates. The current ATRC Secretary-General is Faisal Al Bannai. [4]
In the 2014 environment statistics report from the Statistics Centre Abu Dhabi, demonstrates its sharply increasing water consumption from 667 million cubic meters in 2005 to 1.126 billion cubic meters in 2014. [21] By 2025 the Arab countries will face serious levels of water scarcity regardless of climate change.
The United Arab Emirates is a high-income developing market economy.The UAE's economy is the 4th largest in the Middle East (after Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Israel), with a gross domestic product (GDP) of US$415 billion (AED 1.83 trillion) in 2021-2023.
The three largest Emirates (Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah), are home to nearly 85% of the population. [9] The 2022 population of the UAE stands at 9.4 million, [10] of which 69% of the population is male and 31% of the population is female. [11] [12] [13] The population density of the Emirates has reached a record 114 per km 2. [14]
Abu Dhabi's skyscrapers such as the notable Burj Mohammed bin Rashid (World Trade Center Abu Dhabi), Etihad Towers, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority Tower, [46] the National Bank of Abu Dhabi headquarters, [47] the Baynunah (Hilton Hotel) Tower, [48] and the Etisalat headquarters are usually found in the financial districts of Abu Dhabi. [49]
The extraordinary increase in population in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi during the past half-century has made the size, structure and distribution of the population a key concern for future development. The population of Abu Dhabi reached 1.968 million in mid-2010, with an average annual growth rate of 9.6% since 1960 - among the highest in the world.
The center is tasked with weather forecasting, issuing early warnings, and collaborating with other international meteorology institutions to employ the latest technologies. [3] [4] [5] In addition to its meteorological services, the center is responsible for cloud seeding [6] to increase the rate of precipitation in United Arab Emirates. [7] [8]
The NLA was established in 1968 by Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, first President of the UAE, under the name of Center for Documentation and Research (CDR). [2] Forty years later, the late UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan issued Law No. (7) for 2008 designating the Center as the official National Archives of the UAE, under the name ...