Oman shows how a fossil fuel producer can embrace clean energy
The country is using its existing energy infrastructure to fast-track its green transition. Ahead of the COP28 climate talks in Dubai later this year, the role of oil and gas-producing economies in the clean energy transition is coming into sharp focus. Ensuring that countries – including those that have relied on oil and gas revenues to support their economic development – can transition to a low-emissions future in an orderly manner is essential to international efforts to limit global warming to 1.5 °C, one of the key goals in the Paris Agreement. Oman is a clear example of one such country that is setting a bold energy transition vision at home – in line with its international commitments. Oman’s oil and gas industries account for around 60 percent of its income from exports. In addition to a heavy reliance on revenues from this trade, oil and gas activities – including power generation and industry – are also responsible for the majority of the country’s emissions. Natural gas alo