Amir attends Middle East Green Initiative Summit in Riyadh

Riyadh: Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani participated yesterday in the Middle East Green Initiative Summit, held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

A number of Their Highnesses and Excellencies Heads of States and Governments also participated in the Summit. The Summit was attended by members of the official delegation accompanying H H the Amir, as well as Their Excellencies members of delegations, ranking officials and guests of the summit. 

H H the Amir also met with H R H the Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of Defence of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, on the sidelines of the summit. 

H R H the Saudi Crown Prince conveyed the greetings of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and his wishes of good health and happiness to H H the Amir and for more progress and growth for the Qatari people. H H the Amir entrusted H R H the Saudi Crown Prince with his greetings and wishes of good health to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, and of further progress and prosperity to the Saudi people. 

H H the Amir also met with H H the Crown Prince of Kuwait Sheikh Mishal Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, on the sidelines of the summit.

H H the Crown Prince of Kuwait conveyed the greetings of Amir of Kuwait H H Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah and his wishes of good health and happiness to H H the Amir and for the Qatari people further progress and prosperity.

Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani participating in the Middle East Green Initiative Summit, which was held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, in Riyadh City, yesterday.

H H the Amir entrusted H H Sheikh Mishal Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah with his greetings and wishes of good health to H H the Amir of Kuwait, and of continued development and growth for the Kuwaiti people. The meetings dealt with reviewing bilateral relations and the means to enhance them in addition to discussing the most prominent regional and international developments as well as the topics on the summit’s agenda.

After attending the summit, the Amir returned to Doha yesterday evening. Earlier at the summit, the Saudi Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence underlined that the “Middle East Green Initiative Summit” seeks to coordinate efforts to protect the environment, confront climate change, and develop a roadmap towards reducing carbon emissions in the region by more than 10% of global contribution, and plant 50 billion trees in the region, through the largest tree-planting programme globally, which will contribute to achieving 5% of the global target for afforestation.

“Today, in the first edition of this summit, we aim to work together to develop a regional roadmap and a framework to enable the achievement of these ambitious targets.

“The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia believes that traditional energy sources were the primary reason for the transformation underwent by the regional and global countries from traditional agricultural economies to globally active economies and the catalyst towards the fastest economic growth ever known to mankind,” the Saudi Crown Prince said in his speech at the summit opening.

The summit is seeing a wide international participation, led by heads and leaders of countries and decision-makers of the world. The initiative is designed to draw a regional map to preserve and raise the quality of life and make a global difference in preserving the nature, humans and animals, and face the challenges of climate change.

Saudi Arabia said Middle Eastern economies will be boosted by efforts to cut planet-warming greenhouse gases, Bloomberg reported.

“Climate change is an economic opportunity for individuals and the private sector,” Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said. Reducing emissions will “create jobs and strengthen creativity in the region.” The kingdom will establish a fund to improve carbon-capture technology and back an initiative to develop clean fuels and provide food for hundreds of millions of people, H R H Prince Mohammed said. The two initiatives will cost 39 billion riyals ($10.4bn) and Saudi Arabia will contribute 15%.