阿拉伯国家自然环境恶劣，淡水、植被稀缺，农业用地匮乏，土壤以沙漠为主，气候干热，导致发展迟缓、落后。进入石油能源时代后，虽然部分富油国实现了跨越式发展，但先天性的环境弱点无法跨越，又遭遇环境污染、土地退化和荒漠化困境。同属于发展中国家的中国与阿拉伯国家，基于共同需求，积极开展环境合作，以参与国际多边环境磋商为起点，以中阿合作论坛为新平台，已开展多领域多层次的环境合作论坛政策研讨和机制建设。这种合作有待在确定优先次序、加大实效等方面进一步深入和拓展。
The Arab countries generally suffer from harsh natural environment，scarcity of fresh water and vegetation，shortage of agricultural land，desert-dominated land，and hot and dry climate，which have jointed resulted in developmental delay and retardedness. After entering the era of oil energy，some oil-rich countries have achieved leapfrog development. However，the congenital weakness of the environment still lies there. Moreover，the Arab countries are facing new challenges from environmental pollution，land degradation and desertification. China and the Arab countries all belong to the developing countries，and based on common needs，are actively carrying out environmental cooperation. They，taking participation in international multilateral environmental negotiations as a starting point and the Sino-Arab Cooperation Forum as a new platform，have initiated a multi-level discussion concerning environment protection and mechanism construction. This cooperation needs to be further expanded and deepened in priority ranking and effectiveness enhancing.
