Cargando…

Environmental energy security in the MENA region – an aggregated composite index

Energy security is a multi-dimensional concept that is gaining a growing interest worldwide for studying the sustainability of a given energy sector. The level of energy security has been always quantified and evaluated by focusing on economic and technical dimensions, and modest importance was attr...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Chentouf, Mohammed, Allouch, Mohamed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2021
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8517569/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34667431
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10668-021-01891-2
_version_ 1784584048952213504
author Chentouf, Mohammed
Allouch, Mohamed
author_facet Chentouf, Mohammed
Allouch, Mohamed
author_sort Chentouf, Mohammed
collection PubMed
description Energy security is a multi-dimensional concept that is gaining a growing interest worldwide for studying the sustainability of a given energy sector. The level of energy security has been always quantified and evaluated by focusing on economic and technical dimensions, and modest importance was attributed to social and environmental aspects. Moreover, countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region were always under-reported in the literature pertaining to energy security issues. This study strives to evaluate energy security in this region through the establishment of an original Environmental Energy Security Index (EESI) in order to cover different dimensions of security of energy supply within these counties. A total of nine sub-indicators were selected based on the current policies and orientations in the region. These indicators were normalized, weighted, and aggregated for each country of the MENA region between 2008 and 2017. According to the assessment objectives, results showed that on average Yemen holds the highest EESI score of 5.319 followed by Morocco 4.304 and Algeria 4.087. On the other hands, Bahrain is ranked last 1.610 preceded by UAE 2.249 and Qatar 2.461. Some key proposals were suggested including investment in local resources, diversification of the energy mix, reduction of energy imports, and use of energy-efficient technologies.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-8517569
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2021
publisher Springer Netherlands
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-85175692021-10-15 Environmental energy security in the MENA region – an aggregated composite index Chentouf, Mohammed Allouch, Mohamed Environ Dev Sustain Article Energy security is a multi-dimensional concept that is gaining a growing interest worldwide for studying the sustainability of a given energy sector. The level of energy security has been always quantified and evaluated by focusing on economic and technical dimensions, and modest importance was attributed to social and environmental aspects. Moreover, countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region were always under-reported in the literature pertaining to energy security issues. This study strives to evaluate energy security in this region through the establishment of an original Environmental Energy Security Index (EESI) in order to cover different dimensions of security of energy supply within these counties. A total of nine sub-indicators were selected based on the current policies and orientations in the region. These indicators were normalized, weighted, and aggregated for each country of the MENA region between 2008 and 2017. According to the assessment objectives, results showed that on average Yemen holds the highest EESI score of 5.319 followed by Morocco 4.304 and Algeria 4.087. On the other hands, Bahrain is ranked last 1.610 preceded by UAE 2.249 and Qatar 2.461. Some key proposals were suggested including investment in local resources, diversification of the energy mix, reduction of energy imports, and use of energy-efficient technologies. Springer Netherlands 2021-10-15 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC8517569/ /pubmed/34667431 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10668-021-01891-2 Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
spellingShingle Article
Chentouf, Mohammed
Allouch, Mohamed
Environmental energy security in the MENA region – an aggregated composite index
title Environmental energy security in the MENA region – an aggregated composite index
title_full Environmental energy security in the MENA region – an aggregated composite index
title_fullStr Environmental energy security in the MENA region – an aggregated composite index
title_full_unstemmed Environmental energy security in the MENA region – an aggregated composite index
title_short Environmental energy security in the MENA region – an aggregated composite index
title_sort environmental energy security in the mena region – an aggregated composite index
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8517569/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34667431
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10668-021-01891-2
work_keys_str_mv AT chentoufmohammed environmentalenergysecurityinthemenaregionanaggregatedcompositeindex
AT allouchmohamed environmentalenergysecurityinthemenaregionanaggregatedcompositeindex