81. Energy Transition in the Middle East and North Africa: The Road to COP28
- Author:
- Hanen Keskes and Laury Haytayan
- Publication Date:
- 11-2023
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Natural Resource Governance Institute
- Abstract:
- Oil and gas producers in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) must plan for the long-term impacts that the global energy transition will have on their fiscal systems and adapt public investment plans in the pursuit of long-term economic transformation. MENA countries seeking international climate finance to support energy transition must establish a track record of developing and implementing viable green energy projects. MENA governments must center energy transitions around justice, fairness and equity for all. A just energy transition process must include two types of justice: procedural justice, which relates to the extent to which people are involved in the process; and distributive justice, which represents the extent to which the positive and negative effects of energy transition are fairly distributed. Governments in the Global South must ensure that South-North cooperation for renewable energy production addresses domestic energy needs, before directing excess production to export.
- Topic:
- Climate Change, Oil, Gas, Conference of the Parties (COP), and Energy Transition
- Political Geography:
- Middle East and North Africa