Leading business players will share insights on how the green transition is creating new opportunities across the region. This discussion will highlight how renewable energy, hydrogen, and clean technologies are reshaping the GCC’s business and investment landscape, while reinforcing EU-GCC synergies.

This session will explore how the EU, GCC, and MENA can accelerate renewable energy deployment at scale. Speakers will discuss regulatory frameworks such as carbon pricing and emission trading schemes, the role of public-private partnerships, and strategies to build a green business ecosystem that drives tangible outcomes.

Hydrogen is emerging as a cornerstone of the clean energy transition. This panel will address the creation of bankable hydrogen projects, policies to strengthen EU-MENA hydrogen corridors, and the potential for large-scale industrial applications in aviation, shipping, and steel production.

Ensuring security of supply is critical to a sustainable transition. This session will examine the role of critical raw materials, from exploration to processing, and how building diversified clean tech supply chains can support energy security and economic diversification across the EU and GCC.

Financing the transition is essential for turning ambition into reality. This panel will look at how the EU’s Sustainable Finance Taxonomy and the GCC’s green sukuk initiatives can unlock capital, the role of sovereign funds and banks in scaling projects, how to engage SMEs in the value chain, and the growing role of AI and digital tools in sustainable investment monitoring.

The final session will bring together insights from across the Forum, highlighting the policy, business, and investment priorities that can shape the EU-GCC green transition partnership moving forward.