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

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  • David Wogan
  • Elizabeth Carey
  • Douglas Cooke

    (King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center)

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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.

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  • David Wogan & Elizabeth Carey & Douglas Cooke, 2019. "Policy Pathways to Meet Saudi Arabia’s Contribution to the Paris Agreement," Discussion Papers ks--2018-dp49, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center.
    • Handle: RePEc:prc:dpaper:ks--2018-dp49
    DOI: 10.30573/KS--2018-DP49
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    Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2); Climate Change; Climate Change Policy; KAPSARC Energy Model (KEM); Paris Agreement;
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