This is the same target date put forth by China and Russia, but 10 years later than the one set by the United States and European Union. just as Saudi Arabia has played a central role “during the oil and gas era, it intends to become a global leader in forging a greener world.”Ĭrown Prince Mohammed ben Salman (MBS), the kingdom’s de facto ruler, has announced with great fanfare a “Middle East Green Initiative” that includes a pledge to reduce its own greenhouse gas emissions to “net-zero” by 2060. Saudi Arabia has launched a full-court press to keep fossil fuels central to the global energy equation for decades to come just as a global climate summit aimed at phasing them out in favor of renewable energy sources began Monday in Scotland.
Science and Technology Innovation Program.The Middle East and North Africa Workforce Development Initiative.Kissinger Institute on China and the United States.Nuclear Proliferation International History Project.
