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Oman Pursuing Net-zero Carbon Emissions | |
| Staff Writer |
On Tuesday, Sultan Haitham issued a royal decree approving a bold plan in line with Oman's 2040 Vision, which seeks to achieve zero net carbon emissions by the year 2050.
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He also approved the establishment of the Oman Centre for Sustainability “to supervise and follow up on plans and programs for carbon neutrality.”
The Paris Cop21 agreement, signed by 192 countries including Oman, requires states to “achieve a balance between anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases in the second half of this century”.
“Oman sets 2050 as its net-zero year target with plans to set out a national road map and establishing the Oman Sustainability Centre to oversee and implement plans and programmes to achieve net zero finally,” Omani marine scientist Rumaitha Al Busaidi wrote on Twitter.
Sultan Haitham said coordination and integration between different government institutions are necessary for success.
Last month, the government created the “Carbon Management Laboratory”, which was supervised by the Ministry of Energy and Minerals in cooperation with environment and civil aviation authorities.
Oman last week announced its CubeSat would launch into orbit from Cornwall in the UK to analyze the environment.