The Green Economy in the Gulf

Mohamed Abdel Raouf is Research Fellow of the Environmental Research Programme at the Gulf Research Center, Saudi Arabia/Egypt. Mari Luomi is Research Associate at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, UK.

Part 1 Green Economy and the Gulf 1. Introduction Part 2 Energy and Water 2. Barriers to Greening the Energy Sector in the Gulf Cooperation Council 3. Energy Pricing Reform and the Green Economy in the Gulf Region 4. Spanish Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency: Lessons for Bahrain Reforms? 5. Promoting an Effective Energy Efficiency Programme in Saudi Arabia: Challenges and Opportunities 6. Green Challenges and Some Technological Solutions in the Water Sector of the GCC Countries Part 3 The Urban Environment 7. Green Buildings in the Arabian Gulf 8. Greening Urban Transport in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: Localised Approaches to Modal Integration as Key Success Factors Part 4 Cross-cutting Issues: Labour, Law and International Cooperation 9. Workers and the Green Economy in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries 10. Agricultural Sustainability and Intellectual Property Rights in the Era of a Green Economy: A Case Study of the United Arab Emirates 11. Green Economy Pathways in the Arab Gulf: Global Perspectives and Opportunities