19/01/2017 07:46 AST
The UAE released the State of the Future Report, a first if its kind, on Wednesday in Davos containing over 100 forecasts for the next 40 years.
The report was prepared in collaboration with 21 experts from organisations such as NASA, NYU Langone Medical Center, MIT, ConsenSys, and the SENS Research Foundation.
It includes forecasts and explanations of trends in 7 key sectors such as Energy, Medicine, and Education.
The predictions include artificial intelligence, blockchain, robotics and drones, self-driving cars, personalized medicine, biological engineering, alternative education, distributed energy, and many more.
“Today, we steadily move a step further in our mission to build the future, relying on sound studies performed by a prominent group of experts and specialists exploring the future of key sectors,” asserted Mohammed Bin Abdullah Al Gergawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs and the Future, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of the Dubai Future Foundation (DFF), as the Dubai Future Academy launched the State of the Future report on the sidelines of DFF’s participation in the World Economic Forum (Davos).
“These studies will serve as a reference for us as we strive to accurately forecast the trends of the future.
They will also serve as an incentive for all sorts of organizations to start working on solutions for the challenges that will arise in the future,” he added.
“The report announces 112 predictions for the future of strategic sectors, such as energy, transport, and space, revealing that by 2020, 20% of households will run on solar energy, while electric, self-driving cars will make up 90 per cent of all vehicles by 2035,” Al Gergawi said.
He added, “Working to build a bright future for the UAE starting today is at the very top of our list of priorities.
It is a mission that requires in-depth knowledge based on thorough research and studies, and relies on innovators to devise tools and techniques that enable us to find solutions for all the challenges that face our societies.” The State of the Future report - prepared by a group of prominent experts and researchers from all around the world - aims to forecast and proactively plan for the future.
To that end, the report seeks to educate all relevant stakeholders, be they institutions or individuals, about the efforts and achievements that stand to build a bright and prosperous future for the UAE and the world, as well as to propose solutions to the challenges facing societies in the 21st century.
The report relies on statistics and numerical data to project accurate scenarios for the future of strategic sectors. Moreover, the study relies on the expert opinions of specialists from the most prestigious academic and research institutions in the world, including US space agency NASA, NYU Langone Medical Center, MIT, ConsenSys, and the SENS Research Foundation, to name a few. The State of the Future report forecasts the future of such key sectors as renewable energy, water, technology, health, education, transport, and space.
In the Energy sector, the report anticipates that by 2020, the electricity generated from renewable sources will be greater than the current combined demand of China, India, and Brazil, which are among the world’s most populous countries.
And by 2025, 15% to 20% of households will run on solar energy, while electric cars will make up 90% of all vehicles by 2035.
In the Water sector, the report states that by 2022, technology will be able to determine the level of contamination in water by tracking the movement of fish.
Meanwhile, most of the world’s seafloor will be mapped by 2030, predicts the report, cautioning that sea ice could vanish from the Arctic ocean completely as early as 2040.
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