Dubai

Short Range Trends:
Continued insane expenditure on tourism
Rising labour costs

Long Range Trends:
The oil runs out....tourism is supposed to replace the oil revenue ,but there is no oil for the planes.

Energy

Short Range Trends:
Biofuels will destroy rain forest and raise food prices.
Peak oil will hit.
Nuclear will be back in fashion.

Long Range Trends:
Hydrogen could be the answer.
Solar is a big part of the answer.
Biofuels will be forgotten.
Ways to reduce transmission loss will be big.
Natural gas prices will rise faster than oil.