SEPTEMBER
12-15 September (Monday-Thursday) International Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Exhibition, Tehran International Permanent Fairground, Tehran, Iran.
15 September (Thursday) UN’s Arab Regional Forum on Climate Finance, United Nations House in Beirut, Lebanon.
18-19 September (Sunday-Monday) International Investors Forum, Dakhla, Morocco
20 September (Tuesday) UN Regional Economic Committee for Europe, Geneva, Switzerland.
25-28 September (Sunday-Wednesday): World Cement Association’s Global Conference, Emirates Towers, Dubai, UAE.
27-29 September (Tuesday-Thursday): WETEX & Dubai Solar Show, UAE.
28-29 September (Wednesday-Thursday): 8th World Green Economy Summit (WGES), UAE.
28-29 September (Wednesday- Thursday): Saudi Maritime Congress, Dhahran Expo, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
28-30 September (Wednesday-Friday): Ethio Weetex- Water, Energy, Electricity, Renewable (Solar, Wind) Energy, Technology Exhibition, Millennium Hall, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
OCTOBER
4-5 October (Tuesday- Wednesday): Green Energy Africa, Cape Town International Convention Center 2, South Africa.
11-12 October (Tuesday-Wednesday): Games for Change Summit in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
16-21 October (Sunday-Friday): Arab Conference of Plant Protection, Le Royal Hotel, Hammamet, Tunisia.
21 October (Friday): Symposium on Alternative Low and Zero Carbon Fuels, IMO Headquarters, London, The United Kingdom.
24-26 October (Monday-Wednesday): International Exhibition of Renewable Energies Clean Energies and Sustainable Development, Centre Des Conventions Mohammed Ben Ahmed, Oran, Algeria.
25-27 (Tuesday – Thursday): International Investment Forum for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in MENA, InterContinental, Amman, Jordan.
31 October (Monday-Friday): Deadline for proposals for Jordan’s USD 2 bn Aqaba-Amman desalination project.
Approval of EU draft document pushing countries participating in COP27 to to improve their climate change targets.
NOVEMBER
Sustainability Forum Middle East is taking place in Bahrain.
Nigeria hopes to secure USD 10 bn support package for green energy transition before COP27.
7-18 November (Monday-Friday): Egypt will host COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh.
23-24 November (Wednesday-Thursday): Global Conference on Sustainable Partnerships, The Ritz-Carlton, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Deadline of bid submissions for the Ras Mohaisen – Baha – Makkah Independent Water Transmission Pipeline in Saudi Arabia.
COP27 sub-events:
Terra Carta Action Forum (2 days) organized by the Prince of Wales’ Sustainable Markets Initiative.
UNFCCC’s capacity building hub.
DECEMBER
5-7 December (Monday-Wednesday): Green Hydrogen Summit 2022, Oman Convention & Exhibition Center (OCEC), Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
13-15 December (Tuesday-Thursday): International Renewable Energy Congress, Hammamet, Tunisia.
15 December (Thursday): The UN’s 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15), Montreal, Canada.
JANUARY 2023
14-21 January (Saturday-Saturday): Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week takes place in the UAE.
16-18 January (Monday-Wednesday): EcoWASTE, Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC), UAE.
FEBRUARY 2023
6-8 February (Monday-Wednesday): Saudi International Marine Exhibition and Conference, Hilton Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The second edition of The Arab Green Summit (TAGS), Dubai, UAE
MARCH 2023
15-19 March (Wednesday-Sunday): Qatar International Agricultural and Environmental Exhibition, Doha, Qatar.
JUNE 2023
1-3 June (Thursday-Saturday): Envirotec and Energie Expo, UTICA, Tunis, Tunisia.
SEPTEMBER 2023
Chariot Limited and Total Eren’s feasibility study on a 10 GW green hydrogen plant in Mauritania to be completed.
NOVEMBER 2023
6-17 November (Monday-Friday): The UAE will host COP28.
EVENTS WITH NO SET DATE
End-2022
KSA’s Neom wants to tender three concrete water reservoir projects to up its water storage capacity by 6 mn liters.
2023
Early 2023: Egypt’s KarmSolar to launch KarmCharge, the company’s EV charging venture.
Mid-2023: Sale of Sembcorp Energy India Limited to consortium of Omani investors to close.
Phase C of the 900-MW of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park in Dubai to be completed.
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (Sabic) steam cracker furnace powered by renewable energy to come online.
2024
End-2024: Emirati Masdar’s 500 MW wind farm in Uzbekistan to begin commercial operations.
QatarEnergy’s industrial cities solar power project will start electricity production.
First 1.5 GW phase of Morocco’s Xlinks solar and wind energy project to be operational.
2025
Second 1.5 GW phase of Morocco’s Xlinks solar and wind energy project to be operational.
UAE to have over 1k EV charging stations installed.
2026
1Q 2026: QatarEnergy’s USD 1 bn blue ammonia plant to be completed.
End-2026: HSBC Bahrain to eliminate single-use PVC plastic cards.
Iraq’s Mass Group Holding wants to invest EUR 1 bn on its thermal plant Mintia in Romania to have 62% of run on renewable energy, while expanding its energy capacity to at least 1.29k MWh.
2027
MENA’s district cooling market is expected to reach USD 15 bn.
2030
UAE’s Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB) wants to provide AED 35 bn in green financing.
UAE targets 14 GW in clean energy capacity.
Tunisia targets 30% of renewables in its energy mix.
Qatar wants to generate USD 17 bn from its circular economy, creating 9k-19k jobs.
Morocco’s Xlinks solar and wind energy project to generate 10.5 GW of energy.
2035
Qatar to capture up to 11 mn tons of CO2 annually.
2045
Qatar’s Public Works Authority’s (Ashghal) USD 1.5 bn sewage treatment facility to reach 600k cm/d capacity.
2060
Nigeria aims to achieve its net-zero emissions target.