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Necessity Will Drive Gulf States to Cooperate on Climate Change

Can Gulf states overcome longstanding obstacles to cooperate and meaningfully address climate change?

Mehran Haghirian, Aisha Al-Sarihi
“Global Boiling” is a Grim Reality: MENA Governments Must do More to Prepare

Climate change poses as great a threat to the Middle East and North Africa as anywhere on the globe. So why aren’t more governments in the region doing much about it?

Abdalftah Hamed Ali
Will COP28 Accelerate Climate Action in the Gulf and Beyond?

As the UAE gears up to host COP28, questions persist as to the sincerity of the oil exporting countries of the Gulf in addressing climate change. They should be judged according to their actions.

Aisha Al-Sarihi, Abdalftah Hamed Ali