Opportunities for Mitigating the Environmental Impact of Energy Use in the Middle East and North Africa Region

The main motivation for Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA) governments to improve energy efficiency is to address pressing domestic concerns, such as urban air pollution, energy security, economic competitiveness, the fiscal cost of energy subsidies and the balance of payments. However, improved energy efficiency is also seen as the most promising route for reducing the region's green house gas (GHG) emissions. Therefore, as part of the study on energy efficiency in MENA, this report aims to describe and quantify the links between energy efficiency and GHG emissions as well as urban air pollution in MENA. More specifically, the objectives of the report is: (i) to create scenarios of emissions of GHG and selected urban air pollutants (specifically, particulate matter (PM)) under different assumptions of energy efficiency improvements; (ii) to identify the country/sectors where energy efficiency improvements are likely to have the greatest impact upon GHG and PM emissions; and (iii) to benchmark MENA against other regions in terms of energy intensity and GHG emissions.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Zhang, Yabei
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2008-03
Subjects:	AIR, AIR POLLUTANTS, AIR POLLUTION, APPROACH, ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS, BALANCE, BALANCE OF PAYMENTS, CARBON, CARBON INTENSITY, CLEAN FUELS, CO2, CO2 EMISSIONS, COAL, COAL CONSUMPTION, COAL PRODUCTS, COMBUSTION, COMMERCIAL FUELS, COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT, CONSUMPTION DATA, CONSUMPTION OF FOSSIL, COST OF ENERGY, DIESEL, EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT, ELASTICITIES, ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICITY PRICE, ELECTRICITY PRICES, EMISSION, EMISSION COEFFICIENTS, EMISSION DATA, EMISSION PER CAPITA, EMISSION PER UNIT, EMISSIONS, EMISSIONS DATA, EMISSIONS FROM COAL, EMISSIONS REDUCTION, ENERGY BALANCE, ENERGY CONSUMPTION, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS, ENERGY INDUSTRIES, ENERGY INTENSITY, ENERGY INTENSIVE, ENERGY MIX, ENERGY POLICY, ENERGY PRICE, ENERGY PRICES, ENERGY PRODUCTION, ENERGY SECURITY, ENERGY USE, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, FOSSIL, FOSSIL FUEL, FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION, FOSSIL FUEL CONSUMPTION, FOSSIL FUEL USE, FOSSIL FUELS, FUEL PRICES, FUEL TYPE, FUEL TYPES, FUELS, GAS, GAS FLARING, GASOLINE, GASOLINE PRICES, GDP, GHG EMITTERS, GLOBAL POLLUTION, HEALTH RISKS, HEAT, INCOME, INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY, MIDDLE EAST, MOTOR GASOLINE, MOTOR GASOLINE CONSUMPTION, NATURAL GAS, NATURAL GAS RESOURCES, NORTH AFRICA, OIL, OIL COMBUSTION, OIL CONSUMPTION, OIL EQUIVALENT, OIL PRODUCTS, PARTICULATE, PARTICULATE EMISSION, PARTICULATE MATTER, PARTICULATES, PASSENGER TRANSPORT, PER CAPITA ENERGY, PER CAPITA ENERGY CONSUMPTION, POPULATION DENSITY, POPULATION GROWTH, POWER, POWER GENERATION, PRICE OF DIESEL, PRIMARY ENERGY, PRIMARY ENERGY SUPPLY, PRIMARY FUEL, ROUTE, SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT INDUSTRY, TRANSPORT SECTOR, TRANSPORTATION, URBAN AIR POLLUTION, URBAN POPULATION, WASTE, WASTE MANAGEMENT, WORLD ENERGY, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/03/9612502/middle-east-north-africa-region-opportunities-mitigating-environmental-impact-energy-use https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17910
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