Policy Pathways to Meet Saudi Arabia’s Contribution to the Paris Agreement

David Wogan, Elizabeth Carey and Douglas Cooke
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Douglas Cooke: King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center

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Abstract: The 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change fundamentally altered the nature of global climate governance by introducing a new framework based on a bottom-up system of nationally determined contributions (NDCs). As a signatory Party to the Agreement, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia communicated its intended nationally determined contribution (which became its first NDC) in November 2015. This included a goal of avoiding up to 130 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent emissions per annum by 2030. This paper evaluates several supply-side policy approaches to mitigate CO2 emissions from the Saudi Arabian power and water sectors, which together account for more than 40% of the Kingdom’s greenhouse gas emissions. The paper aims to help inform the policymaking process in the Kingdom ahead of the communication of its second NDC in 2020.

Keywords: Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2); Climate Change; Climate Change Policy; KAPSARC Energy Model (KEM); Paris Agreement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 44
Date: 2019-02-27
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DOI: 10.30573/KS--2018-DP49

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