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Nuclear power could be key to climate change challenge

  • The world has had an uncomfortable relationship with nuclear power from the very beginning, when early work on nuclear fission became part of the US-led effort to build the first atomic weapons, subsequently used against Japan in 1945. The peaceful civilian nuclear industry — through which the...
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The Saudi pavilion is a focal point of intellectual activity at COP26

  • The pavilion of Saudi Arabia at the COP26 summit in Glasgow is a buzz of activity, with dignitaries from the Middle East and the global energy industry dropping by to say hello and swap stories after the first few days of the crucial gathering on climate change. There is a relaxed, conversation...
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Saudi Arabia’s comprehensive stance at COP26

  • As world leaders gather in Glasgow for a crucial summit on climate change, Saudi Arabia’s position on the big issues of global warming has become refined and distilled down into a few key messages. The Saudi Green Initiative, and the wider Middle East version that followed it, added some key ...
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Saudi Arabia teams up with ‘King of Wall Street’ on infrastructure

  • The deal that will see Saudi Arabia team up with the largest investment group in the world, BlackRock, is a major boost for the Kingdom’s investment scene and a springboard for significant investment in domestic infrastructure over the next decade. Announced on the eve of the Future Investment...
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Saudi Arabia’s methane pledge is a big step forward in fight against climate change

  • Amid all the razzmatazz and big policy initiatives of the Saudi Green Initiative, one item perhaps did not get the full attention it deserves. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced that the Kingdom will join the Global Methane Pledge as part of its commitment to reduce world methane emis...
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Energy transition begins at home with Saudi Green Initiative

  • The Saudi Green Initiative — to be unveiled with fanfare today — will hammer home the message that the Kingdom will carry into the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow next month: That hydrocarbons will be a vital part of the global energy mix for decades to come, but that the transitio...
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OPEC+ unlikely to be swayed from long-term strategy

  • OPEC+, the oil producers’ alliance led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, meets this week for the first test of the new regime put in place at July’s meeting, and which took effect from the first of this month. Despite some background noise and no lack of newsworthy events in August, the smart money ...
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4IR technology can help solve climate change challenge

  • The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), a concept developed by Klaus Schwab of the World Economic Forum (WEF) as a roadmap for the 21st century, has applications across all aspects of human life, from the way we communicate with each other to our relationship with the physical world. The 4IR f...
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GCC needs level playing fields on trade

  • As the two most dynamic economies in the GCC, both Saudi Arabia and the UAE want to optimize their competitiveness in order to attract foreign direct investment and encourage trade with the rest of the world. The issue that has arisen recently is that there appears to be a lack of level playi...
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Saudi Arabia puts its NEOM proposition on The Line

  • “Rome was not built in a day,” the saying goes, and it is obvious that the challenges of building a new metropolis from scratch are enormous. Most of the great urban centers of the world were organic in their development, usually beginning as natural centers for habitation and sustenance befor...
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