GCC-Caribbean Cooperation on Energy Transitions and the Blue Economy

The Association of Caribbean States and the Gulf Cooperation Council recently reaffirmed interests in advancing regional cooperation across shared climate change, environmental sustainability, blue economy, and energy transition challenges. This closed-door dialogue, held under the Chatham House Rule, will convene Ambassadors and senior diplomatic representatives of Caribbean and GCC countries, the Observer Research Foundation Middle East (ORF ME), The Global Climate Finance Center (GCFC), the Abu Dhabi Global Markets (ADGM) Academy, and experts from the private and public sectors. The objective of this dialogue is to facilitate knowledge exchange and south-south collaboration between the Caribbean states and the UAE to advance joint interests in energy transition efforts and blue economy development. Participants will contemplate bottlenecks, considerations, and opportunities to align strategic policy planning with development and streamline technology conceptualization towards commercialization.