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<p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is working actively to encourage countries in the Middle East and North Africa to adopt policies to achieve sustainable economic growth, including the promotion of secure and affordable energy, resource efficiency and low carbon solutions.</p><p>The Department engages bilaterally, through its embassies and network of energy and climate change attachés, to promote investment in renewable energy resources. Through the FCO Prosperity Fund, the Department also supports a number of lower-carbon projects in the Gulf, including the establishment of a regional Centre for Sustainable Development, the promotion of ambitious energy intensity improvement targets by 2020 in GCC countries, and a sustainable housing programme in Saudi Arabia.</p><p>Through its network, the FCO also contributes to promoting renewable energy through multilateral fora, including the International Renewable Energy Agency, the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Programme and the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) meetings. The most recent CEM was hosted by the Department of Energy and Climate Change in April and was attended by the Prime Minister.</p> |