Сlean Energy in the Arab countries

P. 58–67.

Imamkulieva E.

The Arab countries have adopted a course towards developing a low-carbon economy as part of the sustainable development (SD) strategy. To date, some results have been remarkable. However, those countries are not homogeneous in socio-economic and political terms. Because of this, they adopted a differentiated approach to the implementation of SD programs and to low-carbon development strategies. Moreover, the terms “green economy”, “clean energy sources” etc. are interpreted differently in the Arab region, embracing solar, wind and hydro energy sources, as well as the development of nuclear energy.

The paper demonstrates broad differences in the SDG agendas of the Arab countries. It explores the scale of the changes and dynamics of the indicators with relevance to green economy related parameters. Specifically, owing to economic growth transformation paradigm, some Arab countries have achieved considerable success in the field of using high-tech renewable energy sources, while neighboring states still use archaic methods of energy production.

Keywords: decarbonization, low-carbon development, SDGs, Arab countries, green economy, Sustainable development

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The global reset: insights from regions

Kanaev E., Luzyanin S., Legvold R., Kutyrev G., Okuneva L., Baklanov A., Imamkulieva E., Kolesnikova T., Liu X., Gorbatko A., Terskikh M., Shaposhnikov S., Sadoi Y., Vishnyakova V. M.: Advanced Solutions, 2022.