Sherif Mohsen, Abrar Muhammad, Baig Faisal, Kabeer Saifudeen
National Water and Energy Center, UAE University, P.O. Box 15551, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
Civil and Environmental Eng. Dept., College of Engineering, UAE University, P.O. Box 15551, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
Heliyon. 2023 Mar 14;9(3):e14584. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e14584. eCollection 2023 Mar.
Clean water and sanitation and climate actions represent two of the seventeen United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Although challenging, the two goals can be achieved by 2030 through unconventional and innovative solutions. Scientific research related to clean water and sanitation (SDG 6) and urgent actions to combat climate change and its impacts (SDG 13) will help develop new technologies to support the two goals and can bridge the gap between practitioners and academia's to achieve sustainability. The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are located in an arid region. Their water and climate research activities and outcomes may provide a good contribution toward achieving the two goals. This study used text mining and bibliometric methods to analyze water and climate research contributions to achieve SDGs 6 and 13 in GCC countries. Results revealed that there is an increase in research publications after 2016 in the areas of water and climate in the GCC countries involving a longstanding international collaboration with developed countries. Research topics were focused on wastewater treatment, contamination, heavy metal, groundwater, and climate change impacts. Under SDG 6, most of the publications were research articles (77.3%), followed by reviews (11.1%), and the rest were book chapters and conference papers. For SDG 13, 75.1% of the publications are research articles, 10.9% are conference papers, and 8% are reviews. The research outcomes in the GCC countries have clearly contributed to the development of water and climate strategies and international collaborations to achieve the two goals.
清洁水与卫生设施以及气候行动是联合国十七项可持续发展目标（SDG）中的两项。尽管具有挑战性，但通过非常规和创新解决方案，这两个目标有望在2030年前实现。与清洁水与卫生设施相关的科学研究（可持续发展目标6）以及应对气候变化及其影响的紧急行动（可持续发展目标13）将有助于开发新技术以支持这两个目标，并能够弥合从业者与学术界之间的差距以实现可持续性。海湾合作委员会（GCC）国家位于干旱地区。它们的水和气候研究活动及成果可能会为实现这两个目标做出重要贡献。本研究采用文本挖掘和文献计量方法，分析海湾合作委员会国家为实现可持续发展目标6和13所做的水和气候研究贡献。结果显示，2016年之后，海湾合作委员会国家在水和气候领域的研究出版物有所增加，且与发达国家保持着长期的国际合作。研究主题集中在废水处理、污染、重金属、地下水以及气候变化影响等方面。在可持续发展目标6下，大部分出版物是研究论文（77.3%），其次是综述（11.1%），其余为书籍章节和会议论文。对于可持续发展目标13，75.1%的出版物是研究论文，10.9%是会议论文，8%是综述。海湾合作委员会国家的研究成果显然为制定水和气候战略以及开展国际合作以实现这两个目标做出了贡献。
