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Middle East Green Initiative

Saudi Arabia commits $2.5 billion to Middle East green initiative.

  • It is a regional alliance launched by Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in 2021
  • Aim: To reduce carbon emissions from regional hydrocarbon production by 60 percent.

It also plans to plant 50 billion trees across the middle east and restore an area equivalent to 200 million hectares of degraded land.