On 24 September, Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz conducted a two-day tour of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states, seeking to secure new energy partnerships for Germany and Europe in a bid to diversify away from the Eurozone’s dependency on Russian gas. The German Chancellor praised the visits as fruitful, with the aim of completely moving away from Russian energy by mid-2024. Scholz met Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to sign an accord on energy cooperation and discuss the country’s hosting of next year’s UN climate talks. German utility company RWE announced on Su…