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Piloting to Scale: Bridging the deployment gap of climate-deep tech in the UAE
27 AUGUST 2025
Abu Dhabi is poised to lead the UAE’s next wave of climate innovation by bridging the deployment gap for climate-deep tech. This insights summary, based on a roundtable held in partnership with Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, highlights how real-world testing zones, de-risking capital frameworks, and regulatory alignment can unlock scale. It identifies the barriers, including fragmented governance and investor hesitancy, that stall first-of-a-kind technologies. And it outlines a three-pillar action plan for enabling infrastructure, mobilizing finance, and driving collaboration. From green construction and energy storage to carbon capture and hydrogen, insights from investors, industry, and start-ups reveal how Abu Dhabi can transform innovation into infrastructure to accelerate the UAE’s path to net zero.