UAE citizens and residents believe humanity that connects across borders to collaborate, communicate, and share knowledge is key to unlocking a brighter future for all, according to a major new global survey.
Commissioned by Expo 2020 Dubai, and conducted by YouGov, the world’s first Global Optimism Outlook Survey tracked countries’ priorities for the future, looking at sustainability, economic growth, technology, travel, and climate change. The findings showed that the UAE public believes individuals and communities can shape a more positive future through greater collaboration (90%), knowledge-sharing (93%) and communication (91%) – broadly in line with the global average.
The UAE’s attitude towards the ability for technological advances and innovation to build communities (89%), connect people (91%), and generally bring people of the world closer together (89%) ranked among some of the highest both across the Middle East and the rest of the world.