The world is in dire need to move towards building a green future. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia seeks to improve the quality of life and protect future generations, both inside and outside the Kingdom. In this context, the Kingdom is bringing together ministries, private sector institutions and world leaders under two pioneering initiatives to identify and seize opportunities to rapidly scale up climate action.
The Saudi Green Initiative is an ambitious national initiative that aims to address the repercussions of climate change, improve the quality of life, and protect the environment, for the benefit of future generations.
His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, launched the Green Saudi Initiative with the aim of activating the role of all segments of society, unifying sustainability efforts, and accelerating the pace of climate action in the Kingdom.
The Saudi Green Initiative supports the Kingdom’s ambition to achieve the goal of zero neutrality by 2060 AD by adopting the circular carbon economy model, and it also works to accelerate the Kingdom’s transition towards a green economy. The initiative seeks to achieve three ambitious goals: reducing carbon emissions, planting trees in the Kingdom, and protecting land and marine areas.
[Saudi Vision 2030 ,2023]
How can planting trees help to protect the environment?
Afforestation boosts carbon emissions, lowers air temperature, and helps to minimize air pollution.
I see that Saudi Arabia is doing a wonderful job, especially since it will have a strong impact on the weather because we know that there is a lot of afforestation that will absorb heat from the sun's rays and lower the temperature. I believe this initiative will achieve global success like China's: the reforestation initiative in Shandong has increased farmers' incomes while improving the environment. As for some of the negatives that we face, they are that the trees that we will plant are limited because most of the weather in Saudi Arabia is hot in summer and there is little rain. Therefore, there will be specific trees here so that they can live in this weather.
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(No date) - مبادرة السعودية الخضراء - vision 2030. Available at: https://www.vision2030.gov.sa/ar/projects/saudi-green-initiative/
(Accessed: 08 October 2023).
ArgaamPlus (no date) Saudi Green Initiative Forum second edition to Kick Off Today, ArgaamPlus. Available at: https://www.argaam.com/en/article/articledetail/id/1601823 (Accessed: 12 October 2023).
(2018) الصين: مشروع التشجير في شاندونغ يساعد على تحسين البيئة وزيادة دخل المزارعين, World Bank. Available at: https://www.albankaldawli.org/ar/results/2017/07/26/china-afforestation-project-in-shandong-improves-environment-and-farmers-incomes (Accessed: 09 October 2023).
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