JANUARY 2025
12-15 January (Sunday-Wednesday): World Renewable Energy Congress, Manama, Bahrain.
14-16 January (Tuesday-Thursday): World Energy Summit, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
14-16 January (Wednesday-Thursday): Future Minerals Forum, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
18-19 January (Saturday-Sunday): Libya Energy & Economic Summit, Tripoli, Libya.
28-29 January (Tuesday-Wednesday): Sustainability Forum Middle East, Manama, Bahrain.
FEBRUARY
17-19 February (Monday-Wednesday): Egypt Energy Show, Cairo, Egypt.
23-25 February (Sunday- Tuesday): Global Water Energy and Climate Change Congress, Manama, Bahrain.
24-26 February (Monday-Wednesday): Connecting Hydrogen MENA, Dubai, UAE.
24-27 February (Monday-Thursday): Oman Climate Week, Muscat, Oman.
APRIL
7-9 April (Monday-Wednesday): Middle East Energy, Dubai, UAE.
10-12 April (Thursday-Saturday): SolarEX Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey.
14-15 April (Monday-Tuesday): Istanbul Carbon Summit, Istanbul, Turkey.
15-17 April (Tuesday-Thursday): International Conference on Functional Materials and Renewable Energies (COFMER), Tangier, Morocco.
21-23 April (Monday-Wednesday): Electric Vehicle Innovation Summit (EVIS), Abu Dhabi, UAE.
MAY
7-9 May (Wednesday-Friday): International Renewable Energy Conference (IRENEC), Istanbul, Turkey.
JUNE
17-20 June (Tuesday-Friday): Mediterranean Water, Irrigation and Photovoltaic Exhibition, Tunisia.
OCTOBER
20-21 October (Monday-Tuesday): Sustainable Buildings and RetrofitTech Saudi Summit, Riyadh, KSA
NOVEMBER
25-26 November (Tuesday-Wednesday): Sustainable Buildings and RetrofitTech Bahrain Summit, Manama, Bahrain.
EVENTS WITH NO SET DATE
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.
November: Arab Forum for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, Amman, Jordan.
2025
International Union for Conservation of Nature World Conservation Congress, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
UAE to have over 1k EV charging stations installed.
Middle East Electric Vehicle Show, Sharjah, UAE.
2026
26-29 October (Monday-Thursday): World Energy Congress, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
UITP Global Public Transport Summit, Dubai, UAE.
Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, Bangkok, Thailand.
1Q 2026: QatarEnergy’s USD 1 bn blue ammonia plant to be completed.
End-2026: HSBC Bahrain to eliminate single-use PVC plastic cards.
2027
MENA’s district cooling market is expected to reach USD 15 bn.
World Water Forum, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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.
2050
Tunisia’s carbon neutrality target.
2060
Nigeria aims to achieve its net-zero emissions target.