Dear Network, Capital & diplomatic efforts have shed light on the region as active participants locally and serious partners in the global mining sector. #Mining #Extracives @benchmarkmin @CRUGROUP @WoodMackenzie @SFAOxford @CEPMLP mining.com/subscribe-login/?…

#MENA economies are threatened by climate change & global #energytransition but adopt #energy transitions locally as an economic-not an environmental-response.Can transitions be climate-resilient & just for all? I explain w/ lessons from #Oman #Morocco. @CarnegieEndow @oxfordMec

📌 “Kuwait's power outages: A sign of a failed #energy policy?” Read my short piece here on @LinkedIn : ➡️ linkedin.com/posts/manal-she… #sustainability #climate #MiddleEast #Kuwait #policy #EnergyTransition #renewable #الكويت #الطاقة

3/I talked to delegates & Parties on challenges facing #JustTransition pathways. I gave recommendations for enablers of inclusive approaches to NDCs, NAPs, & LT-LEDS that incorporate JTs in the formulation, integration, assessment, & implementation. #energy #ClimateAction.End/

2/During my talk,I expanded recommendations I gave to #COP28 1st High-Level Ministerial Roundtable on #JustTransition (to frame JT Work Programme operationalized at @COP28_UAE). At #SB60,I made practical recommendations for incorporating JT in NDCs LT-LEDS NAPs. @FAMESOx @UNFCCC

🧵Honored grateful to be invited to address opening session- 1st Dialogue of UAE #JustTransition Work Programme w/@simonstiell Exec Secretary of @UNFCCC; Iman Ustadi @COP28_UAE Deputy Chief Negotiator;@nabeelmunir Chair of #SB60;@JimSkeaIPCC Chair @IPCC_CH #BonnClimateConference

Transition minerals arbitration in the rare metal age. Check our blog written with @JacqHartmann & @AnaMDaza on the case against Greenland & Denmark @dundeeuni @CEPMLP

بدعوة من وزارة خارجية البحرين @bahdiplomatic شاركت الأمس كمتحدثة في جلسة حوارية ضمن فعاليات الملتقى الدبلوماسي-المنامة بحضور رؤساء بعثاتها.ناقشت تأثير #تغير_المناخ على الأمن الغذائي،المائي،#الطاقة و التنوع الاقتصادي مع المحاور د.عبدالله العباسي @Derasatbh alay.am/p/7tlo

A step in the right direction, which still needs the policy tools, an enabling environment, and a holistic approach for sector reforms to be implemented. My thoughts on the recently approved DRE law in #Lebanon to @Ilias_Energia from @pvmagazine

I was really honored to be invited to address the High-Level Ministerial Roundtable on #JustTransitions at @COP28_UAE. To watch: unfccc.int/event/first-annua… #COP28 #energy #EnergyTransition #ClimateAction @FAMESOx @oxfordMec @BlavatnikSchool

The #GlobalNorth is alienating the #GlobalSouth before COP28 even starts! Dismissing @COP28_UAE because its host is an #oil producer is hypocritical & dangerous for #ClimateAction & justice. My piece in @ForeignPolicy foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/27…… #energy @FAMESOx @BlavatnikSchool

In my interview w/@CNNBusinessAr,I explain #EnergyTransition is a must to achieve #climate goals & also reduce #energy poverty. But it requires funding, regulations, #technology, etc.Many of these issues top the @COP28_UAE agenda. To watch,click👇🏻. @ANU_ICEDS @oxfordMec @FAMESOx

Never gets old listening to the erudite ⁦@TamukaKagoro77⁩ -key note at the 11th PAC hosted by ⁦@TaxJusticeAfric⁩ ⁦@ATAFtax⁩ in Accra

Dark discussion.. I covered yest the impact of the lack of offshore gas discoveries on the likelihood of war, 🕯️What to expect in the energy sector in a war scenario, 🕯️& prospects for energy sector reconstruction (hint: null). Even without a full-scale war, it's not looking good. ⏩ 1) More expensive fuel: oil is at $90 per barrel. Insurance for Lebanon will become more expensive. In addition to transport disruptions, ➡️ less fuel imports. Yet, at a higher cost, with no subsidies, in ongoing and acute financial and economic crises. Blackouts would increase even in the absence of direct attacks on power plants. 2) Low fuel storage capacity. 3) The 2 alternative power generation that residents have been relying on to mind the chronic national electricity utility supply shortage: diesel generators and rooftop solar PV, are at risk, despite that their decentralized model enhances energy security in such a scenario in theory. Full discussion ⬇️. Does this look like a country that can handle a war?! youtube.com/live/AdKK-mm6qzI…

I covered the GCC's energy storage systems in my latest for @MeesEnergy; status, challenges & a way forward.. "The Gulf Arab states’ utility-scale energy storage market is expected to reach 1.5-2.5GW by 2027, compared to 0.1GW of capacity installed by 2021, despite limited policy support, and persistent market and financial challenges. Batteries are currently the largest source of ESS in the Gulf and are dominated by the UA. These technologies will contribute significantly to planned capacity expansion, mostly through a large single-site application in Saudi Arabia..." More ⬇️ mees.com/2023/10/20/op-ed-do…

Can there be any reason in this world to drop bombs every day, every hour on innocent human beings and especially on young children to kill them!? Definitely nooot!!! This is such a nightmare - Where is humanity, people? 💔🇵🇸 #FreePalestine

An excellent thought piece by @Jessica_Obeid -The complexity of future #energy systems and the need for regional collaboration #MENA #Energy #energytransition en.majalla.com/node/301826/b…

I keep hearing of the "green/ renewables revolution" in MENA & exporting green electricity to "insert anywhere".. ⛔ Meanwhile, share of renewables in electricity production is < 2%. ⛔ Exporting green electricity requires having... Wait for it.. a green electricity mix!

Join me tomorrow @ 10am BST with @LauryHaytayan & Dr. Ali Neema in @NRGInstitute webinar on the #energytransition & just transition in #oil & #gas exporters in Gulf & North Africa implications for #COP28. in Arabic. #energy #Governance #Sustainability #MENA #NetZero #Iraq

I also confirm that there are opportunities for #SaudiArabia to export #RenewableEnergy to #Europe; #Egypt has already taken a lead. There are also challenges-from #geopolitics,potential issues/ damage for #subsea cables, need for investments,etc. #energy #sustainability #الشرق