COP 27 and Different Narratives for a Net-Zero World
Post-COP 27, Gulf countries have the opportunity to demonstrate a net-zero world is possible through leading by example and bringing together two competing visions of how to get there.
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Gulf Net-Zero Pledges in a Challenging Global Energy Security Environment
Gulf states will have to reconcile their plans for increasing oil and gas production and investments in fossil fuels with their ambitious climate targets.
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Climate Change in the Middle East and North Africa: Hosting Negotiations and Catalyzing Action
The region seems to have jumped on the climate bandwagon, but its expanding ambitions also suggest it is trying to take control of the steering wheel.
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From the Year of Climate Ambition to Action in the Gulf
For Gulf countries, 2021 was the year of ambition and new climate targets, and 2022 will be the year of implementation.
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Can Green Transition Help EU Build Better Relations With the Gulf?
As the EU tries to overcome its strategic confusion, the transition to a greener economy could provide opportunities for EU-GCC relations.
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Event Report – Petro Diplomacy: Gulf Countries in a Net-Zero World
AGSIW's seventh annual Petro Diplomacy conference examined the energy transition and ways in which the Gulf petrostates are positioning themselves for a net-zero environment.
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Under the Volcano: Geothermal is Key to Saudi Arabia’s Energy Future
Saudi Arabia’s commitments to achieve net-zero emissions by 2060 and the new Saudi Green Initiative will drive more investments toward renewables and increasingly greater incorporation of geothermal energy.
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Gulf Countries Gear Up for a Net-Zero World
Energy transitions are by their nature disruptive, but the pandemic has introduced a risk factor that might play out for years to come.
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Paradise Lost: An Environmental Tragedy in Iran
Iran’s Khuzestan province has experienced an unprecedented water shortage; yet climate change alone cannot explain how an area endowed with such exceptional natural resources could fail its people so catastrophically.
Iraq’s Water Crisis: An Existential But Unheeded Threat
Iraq’s new government will have its work cut out for it in addressing the water crisis. But time will not be on its side.
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