Publications

Towards a CCS National Strategy and Roadmap for Saudi Arabia

Noura Mansouri, Mohammad Abu Zahra, Abdulkader M Afifi, Olivia Azadegan, Chris Consoli, Ahmed Ghoneim, Wolfgang Heidug, Hussein Hoteit, Toby Lockwood, Hasan Muslemani, Naser Odeh, Adnan Shihab-Eldin, Colin Ward

Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter, has long been associated with the production and consumption of hydroacrbons. However, with the increasing concerns over climate change and the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the country has started to…

Mansouri, Noura

Mohammad Abu Zahra

Abdulkader M Afifi

Olivia Azadegan

Chris Consoli

Ahmed Ghoneim

Heidug, Wolfgang

Hussein Hoteit

Toby Lockwood

Hasan Muslemani

Naser Odeh

Adnan Shihab-Eldin

Ward, Colin

Will Small Modular Reactors Drive the Envisioned Expansion of Nuclear Energy Within the Energy Transition?

Noura Mansouri, Adnan Shihab-Eldin, H-Holger Rogner

This paper evaluates the role of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) in the global shift towards sustainable energy, driven by the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement. It highlights nuclear energy’s importance for achieving Net Zero Emissions by 2050,…

Mansouri, Noura

Adnan Shihab-Eldin

H-Holger Rogner

Keeping the Nuclear Energy Option Open

Noura Mansouri, Robert J. Budnitz, H-Holger Rogner, Charles McCombie, Robert N. Schock, Adnan Shihab-Eldin

Nuclear energy is already playing a crucial role in reducing emissions from electricity generation. However, if this role is not expanded, achieving the international goal of avoiding unacceptable global climate change will be extremely difficult. The evidence presented in this…

Mansouri, Noura

Robert J. Budnitz

H-Holger Rogner

Charles McCombie

Robert N. Schock

Adnan Shihab-Eldin

Will COP26 Recognize a Role for Nuclear Energy in the Clean Energy Mix?

Noura Mansouri, Adnan Shihab-Eldin

Next month, the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), hosted by the United Kingdom, will discuss the big challenge facing the world’s governments, which is how to limit the average rise in global temperatures above pre-industrial levels to below…

Mansouri, Noura

Adnan Shihab-Eldin

Does a Climate-Constrained World need Nuclear Energy?

T20

To meet the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting global temperature rise to below 1.5°C, cost-effective measures for accelerated transitions toward greenhouse gas (GHG) neutral energy systems are required. In all plausible scenarios, achieving climate neutrality in the second half of…

Noura Mansouri, Adnan Shihab-Eldin, Robert N. Schock, Robert J. Budnitz, Charles McCombie, H-Holger Rogner