The Green Economy in the Gulf

Filling a void in academic and policy-relevant literature on the topic of the green economy in the Arabian Gulf, this edited volume provides a multidisciplinary analysis of the key themes and challenges relating to the green economy in the region, including in the energy and water sectors and the urban environment, as well as with respect to cross-cutting issues, such as labour, intellectual property and South-South cooperation.

Over the course of the book, academics and practitioners from various fields demonstrate why transitioning into a ‘green economy’ – a future economy based on environmental sustainability, social equity and improved well-being – is not an option but a necessity for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States. Through chapters covering key economic sectors and cross-cutting issues, the book examines the GCC states’ quest to align their economies and economic development with the imperatives of environmental sustainability and social welfare, and proposes a way forward, based on lessons learned from experiences in the region and beyond.

This volume will be of great relevance to scholars and policy makers with an interest in environmental economics and policy.

This book is packed full of facts relating to efforts to green the ecomomies of the gulf.Gulf greening efforts have been speeding up lately and the book expalins what the pressures are to bring this about and why it did not happen before.
Harifiyah Abdel Haleem, The Muslim World Book Review Volume 36 Issue 4 Summer 2017

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.

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