In the past few years, the GCC countries have individually dealt with the consequences of the close relationship between economic development and climate change. This issue has been significantly affecting economic and social development programmes as well as the provision of energy sources and economic diversification.
This new approach is called by some as the “green economy”, based on the foundations of sustainable development that ensure the permanent supply of clean energy and raw materials necessary for growth — by preserving available resources without harming the environment and reducing the negative impact of climate change on development.
These efforts have been receiving growing attention. The United Nations, recently held its 18th climate change conference in Doha, where four GCC states — the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Bahrain — filed a historic joint submission to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), pledging to bring forward climate-smart economic diversification plans.
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