The UAE Net Zero 2050 Strategy translates the national initiative into 25+ programmes across six sectors, naming carbon capture technologies, climate finance, R&D, skills and sectoral efficiency as enabling components. The strategy is the umbrella above the operative instruments: Federal Decree-Law 11/2024 (MRV, CCUS as mitigation means, incentives and the National Register), Cabinet Resolution 67/2024 (NRCC reporting at 0.5 Mt), the May 2026 Abu Dhabi General Policy on Carbon Capture (value-chain organisation, SCFEA approvals, Competent Authority licensing), and ADNOC delivery — Al Reyadah (800 kt/yr operating, first MENA commercial scale), Habshan and Hail & Ghasha FIDs (2023, ~4 Mt committed, operations 2026 and 2028), a 10 Mtpa-by-2030 capture target, the Fertiglobe saline-aquifer pilot with DNV-certified West Aquifer storage, and Net Zero by 2045 operations. The strategy sets direction; the decree, the register, the Abu Dhabi policy and ADNOC steel set the pace.
National Governance Context
United Arab Emirates Overview
Aggregate National Maturity Index (Peak Strength)
Governed Policies
3
Identified Projects
10
Related Policy Network
Directly Linked Assets
Partanna carbon-negative cement facility (Abu Dhabi)
Capture — 0 Mtpa
Hail and Gasha CO2 Management
Full chain — 1.5 Mtpa
TA’ZIZ blue ammonia
Full chain — 1.575 Mtpa
Emirates Steel Industries
Full chain — 0.8 Mtpa
MoU ADNOC ENEOS Mitsui Ruwais Industrial Area
Capture — 0.46 Mtpa
Habshan-Bab gas plant
Full chain — 1.5 Mtpa
Shah gas plant (Abu Dhabi CCS Phase 2)
Full chain — 2.3 Mtpa
Sharjah Hub
T&S — 0 Mtpa
Oxy/ADNOC UAE DAC
Capture — 1 Mtpa
ADNOC CO2 storage hub (Phase 2 of fertiglobe pilot)
Storage — 5 Mtpa