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The Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air – CREA and Greenpeace have published a report on sulfur dioxide emissions for the year 2020, which shows the emissions of this toxic gas from human activities annually through the energy sector. , The oil and gas sector, and the minerals sector. Despite the general decline in sulfur dioxide emission levels around the world, the Middle East region remains one of the most polluted regions with this gas, especially in the Gulf region, which did not experience a significant change during the same period.
Ahmed Al-Droubi, Campaigns Director, Greenpeace Middle East and North Africa, said: “Despite the decrease in total global emissions since 2005 by 47.25%, the Middle East and North Africa region recorded a decrease of only 8.5%, and the report shows that there is not a notable change between 2018 and 2019, and that the Gulf region remains one of the regions most polluted with this gas and is the focus of one of the emission levels tallest in the world.
The report stated that “Saudi Arabia recorded the highest levels of sulfur dioxide emissions in the Middle East and North Africa during 2019, followed by Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Iraq and Morocco, respectively. The UAE and Iraq have been witnesses to a decrease in the level of emissions between 2018 and 2019 and this change remained within their annual rates, while the levels of emissions of this gas in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait did not register a significant change in the same period, in terms of to Morocco, saw an increase in sulfur dioxide emission levels by an average of 15%. Russia is the largest source of man-made sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions in the world, Rabigh’s oil and gas focus in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ranked second and Zagros in Iran ranked third.
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