Commitments and Contradictions: Gulf and Middle East Decarbonization Strategies Ahead of COP28
- Aug 14, 2023
- 7 min read
The 28th edition of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) that opens in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), on November 30 has brought the usual flurry of diplomatic preparation—heightened this year by a surge in global temperatures and an outbreak of massive wildfires and extreme weather. It has also attracted intense praise for and criticism of the host nation, as well as a sharpening challenge to it and other leading Gulf and Middle East oil and gas exporters: How can they decarbonize their fossil-fuel-dependent domestic economies and reduce or reconfigure their hydrocarbon sales, which bring in the bulk of government revenues and export earnings?
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