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Media coverage
Title Could Dubai’s $350 million sustainable supercity work in New York? Media name/outlet AfricaZine Media type Web Country/Territory United Arab Emirates Date 25/02/20 Description Article featuring expert opinion from Alessandro Melis who says that older heavily built cities like New York need to "focus on how we can transform the urban fabric that we already have, as opposed to building a new one" URL africazine.com/could-dubais-350-million-sustainable-supercity-work-in-new-york/ Persons Alessandro Melis Title New Dubai city pushes for green revolution in the desert Media name/outlet The Arab Weekly Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 3/11/19 Description quotes from Alessandro Melis discussing how retro-fitting is often more sustainable than new builds Producer/Author Agence France-Presse URL https://thearabweekly.com/new-dubai-city-pushes-green-revolution-desert Persons Alessandro Melis Title This new city near Dubai is aiming to be 'net-zero' Media name/outlet World Economic Forum Media type Web Country/Territory Switzerland Date 1/11/19 Description Coverage of Dubai's sustainable building project, quoting Alessandro Melis discussing how retro-fitting is often more sustainable than new builds and the Dubai development is not a magic bullet against global warming Producer/Author Umberto Bacchi URL https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/11/uae-aims-reduce-energy-intake-40/ Persons Alessandro Melis Title Building green cities in the Middle East are ‘living laboratories’ Media name/outlet Business Day Media type Web Country/Territory South Africa Date 29/10/19 Description Article featuring quotes from Alessandro Melis discussing how retro-fitting is often more sustainable than new builds and the Dubai development is not a magic bullet against global warming Producer/Author Umberto Bacchi URL https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/world/middle-east/2019-10-29-building-green-cities-in-the-middle-east-are-living-laboratories/ Persons Alessandro Melis Title Dubai's 'living laboratory' in the desert Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Daily Mail Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 28/10/19 Description Article about how Dubai's sustainable city, filled with 'biodome' greenhouses and electric buggies, is testing how the UAE could hit target of 40 per cent renewable energy by 2050. with quotes from Alessandro Melis Producer/Author Ian Randall URL https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7621537/Living-laboratory-New-Dubai-city-pushes-green-revolution-desert.html Persons Alessandro Melis Title https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7621537/Living-laboratory-New-Dubai-city-pushes-green-revolution-desert.html Media name/outlet Reuters Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 28/10/19 Description Article about Dubai's sustainable building project, Alessandro Melis is quoted discussing how retro-fitting is often more sustainable than new builds and the Dubai development is not a magic bullet against global warming Producer/Author Umberto Bacchi URL https://uk.reuters.com/article/emirates-climatechange-cities/feature-living-laboratory-new-dubai-city-pushes-for-green-revolution-in-the-desert-idUKL5N27259W Persons Alessandro Melis Title 'Living Laboratory': New Dubai City Pushes for Green Revolution in the Desert Media name/outlet Asharq Al-Awsat Media type Web Country/Territory Saudi Arabia Date 28/10/19 Description Article about UAE plans for a range of projects aimed at having more than 40 percent of the country’s energy come from renewable sources and cutting consumption by the same margin by 2050, with quotes from Alessandro Melis Producer/Author Asharq Al-Awsat URL https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/1965011/living-laboratory-new-dubai-city-pushes-green-revolution-desert Persons Alessandro Melis Title UAE pushes for green revolution in the desert Media name/outlet Middle East Online (MEO) Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 28/10/19 Description Article about the UAE, and especially Dubai, who have long seemed the antithesis of sustainability, but are looking to change that with a range of renewable energy projects. With quotes from Alessandro Melis URL https://middle-east-online.com/en/uae-pushes-green-revolution-desert Persons Alessandro Melis
Media contributions
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Title Home and dry: the green revolution in the desert Degree of recognition National Media name/outlet The Independent Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 30/10/19 Description Alessandro Melis is quoted discussing how retro-fitting is often more sustainable than new builds and the Dubai development is not a magic bullet against global warming Producer/Author Umberto Bacchi URL https://printmonitoringservice.vuelio.co.uk/file/displaypdf?articleid=1008972&clientname=80796_UniversityofPortsmouth_PRINT&filename=469513004.pdf Persons Alessandro Melis Title New Dubai city pushes for green revolution in the desert Media name/outlet Global Times Media type Web Country/Territory China Date 29/10/19 Description Article about Dubai's sustainable building project, Alessandro Melis is quoted discussing how retro-fitting is often more sustainable than new builds and the Dubai development is not a magic bullet against global warming Producer/Author Reuters URL www.globaltimes.cn/content/1168337.shtml Persons Alessandro Melis Title ‘Living laboratory’ Media name/outlet World News Monitor Media type Web Country/Territory Austria Date 28/10/19 Description Article about Dubai's sustainable building project, with quotes from Alessandro Melis, discussing how retro-fitting is often more sustainable than new builds and the Dubai development is not a magic bullet against global warming Producer/Author Thomson Reuters Foundation URL https://world-news-monitor.com/climate/2019/10/28/living-laboratory-new-dubai-city-pushes-for-green-revolution-in-the-desert/ Persons Alessandro Melis