Insights
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Can Gulf Philanthropy Support Climate Action?
Dina Zayed
Rihla Initiative Policy Council Member for the Middle East and North Africa
January 19, 2026
Gulf Critical Minerals Playbook Offers Lessons for Central Asia
Aruzhan Meirkhanova
Rihla Initiative Policy Council Member for Central Asia and the Caucasus
August 15, 2025
GCC and ASEAN Expand Collaboration on Climate Investment
Nguyen Dang Dao
Rihla Initiative Regional Coordinator for South and Southeast Asia
June 10, 2025
Gulf Investors Plug Into Solar Projects in Egypt, Jordan, and Morocco
Ashraf Abdel Rahman
Guest Contributor
May 12, 2025
Kazakhstan’s Path to Carbon Neutrality Could Run Through the Gulf
Nurlan Sakuov
Guest Contributor
April 30, 2025
As Corporate America Makes Green Retreat, GCC Firms Should Hold the Line
Naser Alsayed
Policy Fellows, Rihla Initiative
March 31, 2025
Uzbekistan’s President Hopes a Decree Will Spur Green Economic Growth
Shakhlo Kamaladinova
Rihla Initiative Regional Coordinator for Central Asia and the Caucasus
March 25, 2025
Gulf States Offer Development Assistance in Central Asia as Western Donors Step Back
Aijan Sharshenova
Guest Contributor
March 10, 2025
Uzbekistan's Energy Transition Depends on Systematic Reforms
Louis Skyner
Rihla Initiative Implementation Council Member for Central Asia and the Caucasus
February 1, 2025
Central Asia Relies on Gulf as it Targets Energy Transition
Natalie Koch
Guest Contributor
January 22, 2025
New Climate Financing Targets Present Opportunity for the Gulf
Matthew MacGeoch
Policy Fellow, Rihla Initiative
December 4, 2024