Harnessing the Potential for Green Growth in Kuwait
Like many countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, Kuwait faces considerable environmental challenges due to air pollution, increasingly scarce water resources and deteriorating arable land. As the problems associated with clima...
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okr-10986-205642021-04-23T14:03:56Z Harnessing the Potential for Green Growth in Kuwait Al-Ahmad, Mohammed Dimashki, Marwan Al-Duaij, Samia Roundell, Tom AIR POLLUTION ALLOCATION ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES APPROACH CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE COASTAL ZONES DESALINATION DISPOSAL PRACTICES ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC COSTS ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC SYSTEMS ECOSYSTEM ENERGY INTENSITY ENERGY SUBSIDIES ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOSSIL FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUEL CONSUMPTION FUEL FUEL CONSUMPTION GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER RESOURCES INCOME INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY JOBS MARINE RESOURCES MONETARY VALUE NATURAL RESOURCES OIL OIL REVENUES POLICY MAKERS POLLUTION PRICE OF OIL RECYCLING RENEWABLE ENERGY SOLID WASTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WATER SUPPLY WORLD ENERGY WORLD ENERGY OUTLOOK Like many countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, Kuwait faces considerable environmental challenges due to air pollution, increasingly scarce water resources and deteriorating arable land. As the problems associated with climate change intensify, governments and countries need to respond with more creative and wide ranging policy responses in order to safeguard the standards of living for future generations. While the challenges faced by countries like Kuwait are formidable, they also present an exciting opportunity for diversifying an oil based economy through green growth initiatives. Part of the motivation behind the World Bank's cost of environmental degradation report prepared in partnership between the World Bank and the Environment Public Authority (EPA) in Kuwait is to highlight the path to efficient resource allocation by properly costing the externalities that affect the economy. By using the tools of economics to analyze the impacts of environmental degradation and climate change, the report hopes to highlight the positive incentives for good environmental practices, and in particular illustrate how difficult challenges present opportunities to diversify the economy through green growth, and generate sustainable jobs and income for future generations. A good chance for investment in green economy in Kuwait also exists in introducing improvements in the solid waste segregation, collection and disposal practices, and better recycling mechanisms for the recovery of valuable materials. Allowing fish stocks to recover in Kuwait will revive the flagging fishing industry, generate tourism revenues, and help Kuwait rediscover its fishing heritage. 2014-11-19T19:20:52Z 2014-11-19T19:20:52Z 2013-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/09/18729014/harnessing-potential-green-growth-kuwait http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20564 English en_US MENA knowledge and learning quick notes series;no. 106 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Middle East and North Africa Kuwait |
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AIR POLLUTION ALLOCATION ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES APPROACH CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE COASTAL ZONES DESALINATION DISPOSAL PRACTICES ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC COSTS ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC SYSTEMS ECOSYSTEM ENERGY INTENSITY ENERGY SUBSIDIES ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOSSIL FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUEL CONSUMPTION FUEL FUEL CONSUMPTION GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER RESOURCES INCOME INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY JOBS MARINE RESOURCES MONETARY VALUE NATURAL RESOURCES OIL OIL REVENUES POLICY MAKERS POLLUTION PRICE OF OIL RECYCLING RENEWABLE ENERGY SOLID WASTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WATER SUPPLY WORLD ENERGY WORLD ENERGY OUTLOOK |
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AIR POLLUTION ALLOCATION ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES APPROACH CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE COASTAL ZONES DESALINATION DISPOSAL PRACTICES ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC COSTS ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC SYSTEMS ECOSYSTEM ENERGY INTENSITY ENERGY SUBSIDIES ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOSSIL FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUEL CONSUMPTION FUEL FUEL CONSUMPTION GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER RESOURCES INCOME INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY JOBS MARINE RESOURCES MONETARY VALUE NATURAL RESOURCES OIL OIL REVENUES POLICY MAKERS POLLUTION PRICE OF OIL RECYCLING RENEWABLE ENERGY SOLID WASTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WATER SUPPLY WORLD ENERGY WORLD ENERGY OUTLOOK Al-Ahmad, Mohammed Dimashki, Marwan Al-Duaij, Samia Roundell, Tom Harnessing the Potential for Green Growth in Kuwait |
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Like many countries in the Middle East
and North Africa (MENA) region, Kuwait faces considerable
environmental challenges due to air pollution, increasingly
scarce water resources and deteriorating arable land. As the
problems associated with climate change intensify,
governments and countries need to respond with more creative
and wide ranging policy responses in order to safeguard the
standards of living for future generations. While the
challenges faced by countries like Kuwait are formidable,
they also present an exciting opportunity for diversifying
an oil based economy through green growth initiatives. Part
of the motivation behind the World Bank's cost of
environmental degradation report prepared in partnership
between the World Bank and the Environment Public Authority
(EPA) in Kuwait is to highlight the path to efficient
resource allocation by properly costing the externalities
that affect the economy. By using the tools of economics to
analyze the impacts of environmental degradation and climate
change, the report hopes to highlight the positive
incentives for good environmental practices, and in
particular illustrate how difficult challenges present
opportunities to diversify the economy through green growth,
and generate sustainable jobs and income for future
generations. A good chance for investment in green economy
in Kuwait also exists in introducing improvements in the
solid waste segregation, collection and disposal practices,
and better recycling mechanisms for the recovery of valuable
materials. Allowing fish stocks to recover in Kuwait will
revive the flagging fishing industry, generate tourism
revenues, and help Kuwait rediscover its fishing heritage. |
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Publications & Research :: Brief |
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Al-Ahmad, Mohammed Dimashki, Marwan Al-Duaij, Samia Roundell, Tom |
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Al-Ahmad, Mohammed Dimashki, Marwan Al-Duaij, Samia Roundell, Tom |
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Al-Ahmad, Mohammed |
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Harnessing the Potential for Green Growth in Kuwait |
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Harnessing the Potential for Green Growth in Kuwait |
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Harnessing the Potential for Green Growth in Kuwait |
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Harnessing the Potential for Green Growth in Kuwait |
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Harnessing the Potential for Green Growth in Kuwait |
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harnessing the potential for green growth in kuwait |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/09/18729014/harnessing-potential-green-growth-kuwait http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20564 |
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