Critical Minerals for Oman’s Energy Transition: From Resource Security to Circular Economic Value Oman’s Clean-Energy Minerals Initiative is a strategic Majan Council analysis that links Oman’s renewable energy and green hydrogen targets to the real-world mineral and material requirements needed to deliver them by 2030 and 2040.  The initiative shows that the energy transition is not only a climate and technology challenge—it is also a supply-chain, industrial, and economic competitiveness challenge. Scaling solar, wind, and electrolyzers requires...

A Cluster-Based Strategy for Industrial Decarbonization in the GCC This initiative examines the central role of industrial clusters in shaping the GCC’s decarbonization pathway, recognizing them as both the largest source of industrial energy demand and CO₂ emissions and the most powerful leverage point for structural transition. Across the GCC, industrial activity accounts for roughly 39% of total energy consumption and 38% of CO₂ emissions, concentrated in more than 70 industrial clusters spanning cement, steel, chemicals, refineries, aluminum, fertilizers, and petrochemicals. ...

Transport Decarbonization Targets in the GCC: Navigating Climate Ambition and Economic Resilience  This initiative examines pathways for decarbonizing the transport sector in the GCC, focusing on the transition toward low-carbon and electric mobility within a complex economic and policy context. The transport sector is a major source of energy consumption and CO₂ emissions in GCC economies, driven by high vehicle ownership, car-dependent urban development, and long-standing fuel subsidy...