Publications

Energy Policy Pathways to Inform Climate Policy in Saudi Arabia

Walid Matar, Noura Mansouri, Evar Umeozor

Saudi Arabia has announced plans to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 278 million tons of CO2 equivalent (CO2e). In this regard, this paper contributes a modeling view of the climate-related effects of various energy policies on the Saudi energy…

Matar, Walid

Mansouri, Noura

Umeozor, Evar

Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa: Potential Roadways to A New Global Governance Mechanism for Energy and Climate

Emre Hatipoglu, Colin Ward, Noura Mansouri

The recent regionalization of global politics and trade has placed Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS) at the forefront of the geopolitical agenda.  

Hatipoglu, Emre

Ward, Colin

Mansouri, Noura

The Role of Nuclear Power in Clean Energy and Green Transitions

T20

In order to limit global warming to 1.5°C, all energy sources and technologies, including nuclear power, must be considered. Nuclear power is reliable, clean, very safe and secure, with a very high capacity factor. However, it has not yet been…

Noura Mansouri, Fateh Belaïd

Ensuring Sustainable Supply of Critical Minerals For a Clean, Just and Inclusive Energy Transition

T20

Noura Mansouri

Accelerating the Just Energy Transition Through Enhanced and Integrated Critical Minerals Supply Chains

T20

Dongmei Chen, Noura Mansouri, Rolando Fuentes

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

Renewable Energy Development in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: Status, Barriers, and Policy Options

MDPI

Noura Mansouri, Aisha Al-Sarihi

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

A Saudi Perspective on COP26 and Current Initiatives

The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

The 26th Conference of the 197 Parties (COP) who make up the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change will take place in Glasgow, Scotland, from 1 to 12 November 2021. Negotiations will be conducted in the shadow of the dire…

Noura Mansouri, Aisha Al-Sarihi

Keeping the Nuclear Energy Option Open

The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

Noura Mansouri

Beyond Smart Meters

Shahid Hasan, Noura Mansouri, Thamir Al Shehri

Over the last two decades, many countries have installed millions of smart meters to improve the efficiency, reliability, and quality of service in the electric power sector. Compared with traditional meters, smart meters measure consumers’ electricity usage at 5- or…

Hasan, Shahid

Mansouri, Noura

Al Shehri, Thamir

A Carbon Management System of Innovation: Towards a Circular Carbon Economy

T20

This policy brief calls on the Group of Twenty (G20) governments to support a wide range of climate change mitigation approaches in hard-to-abate industries. It uses the Circular Carbon Economy framework, proposed by the Saudi G20 presidency, as an essential…

Noura Mansouri, Alma Alhussaini, Noura Al-Saud, Mashael Alshalan, Maroua Benlahrech, Masakazu Toyoda, Yoshikazu Kobayashi, Radia Sedaoui, Liubov Yaroshenko

Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Change: Towards a Blue Carbon Economy Future

T20

Oceans are both the greatest victims of climate change and its greatest mitigators. This policy brief urges the G20 to strengthen the role of blue carbon (BC), nature-based solutions (NbS) and ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) at international forums and initiate funding…

Noura Mansouri, Ralph Chami, Carlos Duarte, Yatish Lele, Mrinal Mathur, Manal Abdelrahim Osman

The Saudi Nuclear Energy Project

Noura Mansouri

Saudi Arabia’s nuclear energy program has been a subject of intense speculation recently, especially since the establishment of the King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (KA-CARE) by Royal Order No. A/90 in 2010. In 2012, the government announced…

Mansouri, Noura

Toward A Sustainable Agriculture Sector: Policy Options for Reducing Water Use in Abu Dhabi’s Agriculture Sector

Noura Mansouri, David Wogan, Humaid Kanji

Water shortages are a global challenge, with one third of the world’s population still without access to clean water. Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries face a scarcity of water resources due to their dry climates. The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE’s)…

Mansouri, Noura

Wogan, David

Humaid Kanji

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

Toward a Comprehensive Approach to Youth Empowerment for Climate Action

T20

This brief focuses on empowering the youth to act on climate change and environmental protection by strengthening formal and informal environmental and sustainability education. Environmental education is the foundation for problem recognition and solving. The G20 is in a powerful…

Leila Dagher, Neha , Noura Mansouri, Shahad Almufti, Sara Zaini, Lim Boon Han, Neeshad Shafi, D.G. Webster, Renard Siew, Chioma Daisy Onyige, Shabana Khan, Nova Ahmad, Miranda A. Schreurs, Liz Canner

Are Small Modular Reactors a Good Option for Saudi Arabia?

Noura Mansouri

Since the start of nuclear power in the 1950s, nuclear generation technology has continually transformed and developed. Following the three major nuclear accidents, Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima, nuclear power has become more robust, safer and more secure.

Mansouri, Noura

Does nuclear desalination make sense for Saudi Arabia?

Desalination Journal

Noura Mansouri

Greening the Black Gold: Saudi Arabia’s quest for a cleaner energy transition

CreateSpace

Noura Mansouri