An international dialogue facilitated by Chatham House to support fuel intensity improvement in the GCC countries; tweeting news and reports of interest
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Good point: it hasn't been a transition so far in the global energy mix, but an 'addition". #EnergyTransition
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Great piece on the climate threat to the Middle East/West Asia
Middle East faces double risk as climate changes - tipping points of climate and politics thenational.ae/business/ener…
“Hopefully, cycling will become a lifestyle in Saudi Arabia and we will see people cycling to work one day” arabnews.com/node/1341401/sa…
Slowdown in #GCC domestic fuel consumption - are the reforms working?
apicorp-arabia.com/Research/… #oil #economy
Worth reading: #Kuwait faces existential crisis burning oil to keep cool #HottestCity #GCC #ClimateChange #Energy theguardian.com/cities/2017/…
تواجه دولة #الكويت أزمة وجودية حارقا النفط لتبريد الأجواء #الطاقة #تغيرالمناخ theguardian.com/cities/2017/…
The Spanish-built high speed Mecca-Medina al-Haramain Railway scheduled to open in 2018 #Saudi #Rail teapawt.net/SaudiProject/status/84…
Apicorp estimates #MENA will spend $622bn on energy in next 5 yrs #Oil = $195bn #gas = $159bn power sector = $207bn apicorp-arabia.com/Research/…
Affiliate of national petrochems giant, Sabic, becomes first in #Saudi Arabia to achieve UN #carbon credits polymerupdate.com/press-rele…
Burning less oil at home will help Saudi exports and Aramco IPO reut.rs/2mwwrc6 via @Reuters
Required reading for all working on #energy #efficiency - what is holding G20 countries back? new from @e3g e3g.org/library/what-is-hold…
Comes up every year at #CHMenaEnergy, still as shocking, still not fixed teapawt.net/CarbounCities/status/8…
1 billion cubic meters of #naturalgas is flared in #Iraq every day! #CHMenaEnergy #waste #fossilfuel #MENA
#Saudi has set up about 4000 smart metres in homes and begun educating people on how to use energy efficiently, plans more #CHMenaEnergy
How #GCC countries began to address the social contract in order to balance their budgets as #oil price fell #CHMenaEnergy
For more on #energy & other price reforms in #GCC & what it means for business, see chathamhouse.org/publication… by @Glada_Lahn #CHMenaEnergy
'The good thing about the #Saudi reform is that they are actually sticking to it' #CHMenaEnergy
Diversification has been on the #Gulf agenda since the 1970s but little action - lower oil prices create conditions for reform #CHMenaEnergy
Further #energy price reform in #Saudi to be accompanied with cash transfers for lower and middle-income groups from 2018 #CHMenaEnergy