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G20 Saudi Arabia 2020

Does a climate-constrained world need nuclear energy?

TF2 - Climate Change and Environment
Policy area: Climate, Energy and Environment
Adnan Shihab-Eldin (Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS)), H-Holger Rogner (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria), Robert J. Budnitz (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, USA), Noura Y. Mansouri (King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC)), Charles McCombie (Arius Association, Switzerland), Robert N. Schock (Center for Global Security Research, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA)
G20 Italy 2021

International cooperation to accelerate the development and deployment of the circular carbon economy

TF2 - Climate Change, Sustainable Energy & Environment
Policy area: Climate, Energy and Environment
Bassam Fattouh (Oxford Institute for Energy Studies), Giacomo Luciani (Paris School of International Affairs), Noura Mansouri (King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center), Manal Shehabi (Oxford University), Adnan Shihab-Eldin (Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS)), Kirsten Westphal (German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP))
G20 Saudi Arabia 2020

Promoting carbon-neutral hydrogen through UNFCCC and national-level policies

TF2 - Climate Change and Environment
Policy area: Climate, Energy and Environment
Axel Michaelowa (Perspectives Climate Research), Sonja Butzengeiger (Perspectives Climate Research Group), Romain Debarre (Kearney Energy Transition Institute), Adnan Shihab-Eldin (Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS)), Richard Forrest (Kearney Energy Transition Institute), Claude Mandil (former IEA Executive Director), Antoine Rostand (Kearney Energy Transition Institute)
G20 India 2023

The Role of Nuclear Power in Clean Energy and Green Transitions

TF-4: Refuelling Growth: Clean Energy and Green Transitions
Policy area: Climate, Energy and Environment
Noura Y. Mansouri (King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC)), Fateh Belaid, Adnan Shihab-Eldin (Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS)), Charles McCombie (Arius Association, Switzerland), Holger Rogner, Robert Budnitz, Robert Schock, Anita Nilsson

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Inclusive digital transformation
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The challenge of digital affordability persists, with approximately 2.6 billion people, one-third of the global population, still lacking connectivity. While smartphones and broadband access are becoming more affordable in ...
Inclusive digital transformation
Gaps In Digital Financial Inclusion: Lessons For G20
This policy brief aims to construct and analyze indices for access and usage dimensions of digital financial inclusion (DFI) in G20 economies, incorporating demographic characteristics such as gender, age, ...

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