Thread by @Cinzia_Bianco

It’s out! 🎊
My new @ecfr paper on how #Europe can ride the #climate momentum in the #Gulf deploying its #GreenDeal to meet #NetZero & #geopolitical objectives in the region ➡️ bit.ly/2XOK8bG
Read b4 #COP26 #COP26Glasgow
Few take-aways 1/

Good that #SaudiArabia & #UAE have pledged #NetZero but #GCC total domestic emissions are only 2.4% of world’s. The #EU needs to focus on the emissions they export, mostly to #China, I argue how: bit.ly/2XOK8bG 2/

As shown by the #SaudiGreenInitiative & #MiddleEastGreenInitiative + #UAE willingness to host #COP 28, the #GCC leaders now see a political value in embracing the #climate agenda. This paper described what each #GCC country is actually *doing* about it: bit.ly/2XOK8bG 3/

The #GCC countries still bet on #oil & #gas for few decades, & are boosting production, doing #carboncapture. This is how #Qatar calls its gas #Green #LNG. Here’s why #EU must not back off from #carbontax #CABM Polluting should be costly ➡️ bit.ly/2XOK8bG 4/

#FossilFuels are existential to the #GCC economies, so #Europe will only win them over w/economic alternatives. Focus on #GreenHydrogen & #electrification. #Germany already as an MoU w/#SaudiArabia on #hydrogen. We need #EU-wide MoUs w/#UAE & #Oman, too bit.ly/2XOK8bG 5/

Both #hydrogen & #electricity coop btwn the #EU & #GCC will need geopolitical thinking now:

❌ avoid over-dependence on #Suez
✅ promote regional interconnection
✅ re-think #EastMed?
❗️maritime security in #Hormuz & #BabalMandab

My @ECFRMena paper: bit.ly/2XOK8bG 6/

#SaudiArabia, #UAE & #Oman are already working to produce #GreenHydrogen at half the price the #EU forecasted in its #Hydrogen Strategy. And the #EU can hardly reach its #GreenDeal objectives without this squeaky-clean import:

bit.ly/2XOK8bG 7/

Equally important, by becoming a strategic #energy market for #GCC, #Europe would acquire some sorely-needed leverage in the region. 8/

Read more ➡️ bit.ly/2XOK8bG

#BreakingNews: #MbS will be at #COP26 in #Glasgow, where #SaudiArabia will represent the #Arab group. The time to boost cooperation btwn #Europe & the #Gulf on “driving not surviving” the change is now: bit.ly/2XOK8bG 9/
#COP26Glasgow

This paper is to bridge gap btwn experts & policy-makers, but I could only write it thanks to the work of experts like @EUGCC_cleanergy, @FrankWouters, @mariluomi, @DrAishaAlSarihi, @TobiZumbraegel, @robinenergy, @bencahillenergy, @jimkrane & more: bit.ly/2XOK8bG 10/10

Press Review 1/
Grazie a @GiuliaBelard per aver scritto del mio paper @ECFRRoma su politica estera climatica #UE nel #Golfo per @HuffPostItalia:

https://twitter.com/giuliabelard/status/1453019252882132995

Press Review 2/
@TheNationalNews reports on my @ECFRMena paper on #Europe’s #climate diplomacy in the #Gulf. #COP26 #COP26Glasgow thenationalnews.com/world/europe/2…

Press Review 3/
Pezzo interessantissimo dall’inviata di @repubblica in #ArabiaSaudita @francescacaferr che racconta l’aria #verde che tira a #Riad e parla del mio paper @ECFRRoma e delle opportunità per l’#UE e l’#Europa: repubblica.it/esteri/2021/10… #energia #petrolio #ambiente

Press Review 4/
@de_f_t di @formichenews scrive del mio paper @ECFRRoma su #GreenDeal, #UE e #Golfo: nuove relazioni energetiche tra Golfo ed Europa darebbero una nuova centralità strategica/economica anche al #Mediterraneo come snodo di transito: formiche.net/2021/10/green-…