The Climate Debt the Gulf Owes — and How It Should Pay It
The region that supplied the world's hydrocarbons for a century has both the responsibility and the resources to lead the clean energy transition. The question is whether it has the will.
The argument that Gulf states bear special responsibility for the climate crisis is not new, and it is not without merit. The region has supplied a disproportionate share of the hydrocarbons that have driven global emissions for a century. That history carries moral weight.
What is newer — and more interesting — is the argument that the Gulf states are also uniquely positioned to lead the transition away from those same hydrocarbons. The capital, the engineering expertise, the land, and increasingly the political will are present in ways they are not in most of the rest of the world.
Omar Bishara covers environment and energy for Imprint.
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