A window of hope to beat climate change Hafed Al-Ghwell Short Url https://arab.news/g8zye This year is quickly proving to be the world’s make or break moment for rigorous and comprehensive climate action. There are glimmers of hope, and the raft of climate focused summits is encouraging, if we discount a notorious aversion by the world’s worst polluters to commit to an even bolder agenda. For now, the response to the planetary threat posed by climate change has transitioned from ineffective debate to bold commitments and meaningful action. In the Middle East, it has also created renewed impetus for economic diversification aimed at reducing the dependence on fossil fuels. As an extension of these reforms, there is also likely to be a redefining of social contracts, long delayed but necessary given the state’s expanded role, spurred by the pandemic and the worsening effects of climate change.