Book contents
- The Gulf’s Climate Reckoning
- The Gulf’s Climate Reckoning
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Introduction Climate Crossroads – Gulf Decarbonization and the Legacy of Oil
- Part I The Birth of the Petro-State: How Oil Reshaped the Gulf
- Part II Reinventing the Petro-State: The Gulf’s Race against the Climate Clock
- Appendix
- Notes
- References
- Index
- References
References
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 October 2025
Book contents
- The Gulf’s Climate Reckoning
- The Gulf’s Climate Reckoning
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- Introduction Climate Crossroads – Gulf Decarbonization and the Legacy of Oil
- Part I The Birth of the Petro-State: How Oil Reshaped the Gulf
- Part II Reinventing the Petro-State: The Gulf’s Race against the Climate Clock
- Appendix
- Notes
- References
- Index
- References
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- Chapter
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- The Gulf's Climate ReckoningDecarbonization, Development, and the Future of the Petro-States, pp. 318 - 341Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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