Double Standards in Climate Action Impede Energy Transformation, Sustainability

Double Standards in Climate Action Impede Energy Transformation, Sustainability

Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman recently announced an investment of around one trillion riyals ($266.40 billion) in clean energy generation.

In late 2022, the UAE announced an investment of $100 billion, in partnership with the United State, to implement clean energy projects in the two countries and around the world.

The moves reflect the determination of these oil-producing countries to diversify their economies and energy sources, and to play their role and duty in facing the repercussions of climate change.

As the region prepares to host the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, known as COP 28, in the UAE in November, voices were raised, accusing the oil and gas sector of causing climate change problems and calling to stop production and use of those resources.

Ignoring responsibility

Climate change activists convey a range of contradictions and misinformation, as their countries have been burning coal for centuries, which is the most carbon-emitting fuel.

These countries have already completed the construction of their basic infrastructure and the development of their economies, while some environmental activists are calling for stopping oil and gas production in developing countries, which are still working on establishing their infrastructure and building their economies.

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