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Envisat captures sand and dust blowing northeast from the
Arabian Peninsula across the Persian Gulf toward Iran (visible at image top). This
image has acquired on 1 July 2008 by Envisat’s Medium Resolution Imaging
Spectrometer (ESA Photo).
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This Envisat image, acquired on 28 October 2011, shows central Saudi Arabia on
the arid Arabian Peninsula. The area pictured is on the central plateau, Nejd,
which slopes downwards from west to east. The dark circle near the centre of
the image is the capital city of Riyadh (ESA
Photo).
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The GCC countries have relatively low population in comparison with other regions, totaling 45 m people in 2011, less than 1% of the global population (see table). Accordung to the Markaz research GCC Demographic Shift 2012, the region is young with 54% under the age of 25, though this is expected to rise to about 36 by 2050.
Country
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Population 2011
millions
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Population 2050
millions
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Bahrain
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1,3
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2,0
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Kuwait
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2,8
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5,2
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Oman
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3,0
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5,3
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Qatar
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1,7
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2,4
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Saudi Arabia
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27,9
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44,6
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United Arab Emirates
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7,9
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12,2
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GCC Total
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44,6
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71,7
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For comparison, Ukraine population is 45,7 m in 2011 (according to Trading Economics), with the significant decline and aging by 2050.
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Ecological Footprint is the measure of land and sea area
required to produce the resources we consume and to deal with the waste we
produce. It provides meaningful
understanding of the impacts of our lifestyle on our earth and helps us to
compare these impacts with others.
The next few
screens contains questions related to four areas. Select the answer that
is most appropriate in your case to know what is your ecological footprint and
to answer the most crucial question of our times.
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The EU-GCC Clean Energy Network aims to respond to the common
interests of stakeholders, both in the GCC and the EU, active in the field of
clean energy.
This network is the practical instrument for development of
concrete cooperation activities on clean energy, including the related policy
and technology aspects, among various players across the EU and GCC countries.
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