{"id":74752,"date":"2022-11-10T02:18:23","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T02:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/climate\/2022\/11\/10\/ksa-introduces-66-new-climate-programs\/"},"modified":"2022-11-10T02:18:23","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T02:18:23","slug":"ksa-introduces-66-new-climate-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/climate\/2022\/11\/10\/ksa-introduces-66-new-climate-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"KSA introduces 66 new climate programs"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a> KSA unveils 66 new climate programs to scale climate action: <\/strong>Saudi Arabia presented 66 new initiatives designed to scale climate action as part of the Saudi Green Initiative<\/a> (SGI) launched at COP26, Arab News<\/a> reports. The new programs are classified according to four thematic areas, SGI project manager Albaraa Aldhahri told the news outlet: The circular carbon economy; extending vegetation coverage and reducing degraded land; protecting wildlife habitats and biodiversity; and promoting sustainability.<\/p>\n

New targets announced: <\/strong>The SGI is aiming to reduce emissions by 278 mn tons\/year by 2030, Aldhahri is quoted as saying. It aims to plant 10 bn trees \u201cin the coming decades\u201d and increase protected coastal areas and land by \u201cmore than 30% of the total area of Saudi Arabia,\u201d he added. The vast majority of the approved initiatives will extend vegetation coverage or reduce degraded land, he\u2019s quoted as saying.<\/p>\n

About the Saudi Green Initiative:<\/strong> The SGI\u2019s overall goal is to promote programs that support environmental protection, energy transition and sustainability, to \u201crapidly scale climate action,\u201d its website notes<\/a>. It does this by bringing together Saudi government ministries, the private sector, and non-Saudi players, facilitating collaboration, the website adds.<\/p>\n

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