Saudi Arabia's vision of an environmentally friendly future is on display just a short drive from the venue of the U.N. climate summit being held in Egypt.
In and around the conference, Saudi Arabia is presenting itself as a leader in green energies and eco-friendly practices, with flashy pavilions, glossy presentations and optimistic assessments of technologies like carbon capture, which can remove carbon dioxide from the air but is costly and years away from being deployed at scale.
Egypt's Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Tareq Mulla and Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry – the President of the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) – inspected the Saudi Green Initiative pavilion at the COP27.
The pavilion is witnessing the activities of the second edition of the initiative’s forum which was launched this year in Egypt in coincidence with the COP27 under the slogan of “From Ambition to Work.”
This reflects keenness of both Saudi Arabia and Egypt to promote joint action to confront environmental and climate challenges. The ministers were interested in inspecting the pavilion and followed up the latest developments of the initiative’s activities.
The Saudi Green Initiative works on increasing Saudi Arabia’s reliance on clean energy, offsetting emissions, and protecting the environment. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman launched his Saudi Green Initiative ahead of last year's COP26 conference in Glasgow, Scotland, with a target for “net zero” greenhouse gas emissions by 2060.
The effort is part of a large push by Saudi Arabia, which has some of the world’s largest reserves of oil and is a leader of the OPEC oil cartel, to make the case that the nation should be part of the transition to renewable energies while holding on to its role as the top global crude oil exporter.
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