Jan 22, 2024 PoliticsGovernments fail to agree timeline for climate science reports in fraught IPCC talks Saudi, India and China led opposition against a proposal to link the IPCC’s assessment cycle with the global stocktake, sources told Climate Home.
Oct 12, 2023 EnergySaudi Arabia, Russia urge World Bank to keep funding fossil fuels Major oil and gas producers hit back at World Bank reforms that aim to channel more money into clean energy
Apr 14, 2023 FinanceSaudi Arabia, Russia push for more World Bank money into carbon capture At a meeting discussing the World Bank’s stronger focus on climate, Russia has also urged the lender to extend its support for gas projects.
Dec 2, 2022 EnergyBattle lines drawn in talks on new plastics treaty US and Saudi Arabia want a bottom-up deal focused on recycling, while a “high ambition coalition” wants top-down curbs on plastic production
Jun 14, 2022 NewsSaudi Arabia’s senior negotiator Ayman Shasly steps back from climate talks Chair of the Arab group for a decade, Shasly is absent from interim climate talks in Bonn and is being replaced by Albara Tawfiq
Apr 4, 2022 EnergySaudi Arabia dilutes fossil fuel phase out language with techno fixes in IPCC report The Kingdom pushed for a stronger emphasis on carbon capture and storage as a climate solution that keeps the oil industry alive longer
Jan 21, 2022 EnergySaudi energy minister touts pink hydrogen made by “emancipated young ladies” Saudi Arabia wants to become a leading exporter of hydrogen from both clean and dirty sources as part of an economic diversification plan
Apr 1, 2016 EnergySaudi Arabia: By 2035 we won’t depend on oil NEWS: Investments, not crude, will bankroll government in twenty years, says deputy crown prince as he plots sale of state oil company Aramco
Jan 8, 2016 NewsBeyond oil: Petropower Saudi Arabia signals end of era ANALYSIS: Squeezed by falling oil prices and costly subsidies, Riyadh is finally getting serious about economic reform
Jan 7, 2016 EnergyOil giant Saudi Aramco considers selling shares NEWS: Public offering would make world’s largest oil producer more transparent, says Saudi Arabia deputy crown prince
Dec 2, 2015 EnergyCOP21: Saudi Arabia defends target-free climate plan NEWS: World’s biggest oil exporter has an ‘action-based approach’ to going green, says Khalid Abuleif on the sidelines of COP21 in Paris
Nov 30, 2015 NewsSaudi Arabia is decarbonising, says oil minister VIDEO: Ali Al-Naimi points to kingdom’s capturing of carbon dioxide as evidence of its commitment to tackling climate change at Paris summit
Nov 12, 2015 NewsSaudi Arabia launches climate change PR drive NEWS: New COP21 website and emails highlighting commitment stress Riyadh is taking this year’s climate summit seriously – but doubts persist over Kingdom’s low carbon ambitions
Nov 10, 2015 PoliticsSaudi Arabia submits climate pledge to UN deal NEWS: Petropower offers conditional emissions cuts of up to 130Mt CO2e by 2030, becoming last G20 member to submit plan before Paris summit
Oct 26, 2015 NewsPersian Gulf faces ‘intolerable’ heat on current emissions trends NEWS: It is in the interests of oil-rich Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates to back global action on climate change, study shows
Oct 15, 2015 EnergySaudis to deliver climate plan by Paris, says Tubiana NEWS: Oil-exporting kingdom will respect UN process and submit by December summit, says French climate change ambassador
Oct 13, 2015 EnergyUN to quiz Saudi Arabia, Qatar over missing climate plans NEWS: Secretary General’s advisor says his office will be on the phone to those countries yet to deliver greenhouse gas slashing proposals
Aug 18, 2015 EnergyIMF: Saudi Arabia should rely less on oil NEWS: Fossil fuel giant must continue efforts to diversify economy away from oil, gas, International Monetary Fund says
Aug 10, 2015 CommentSaudi Arabia’s failed oil gamble and the climate ANALYSIS: As low oil prices fail to bankrupt US oil, could climate action help Middle Eastern petropower rebalance its economy?
Jun 10, 2015 NewsChina, India reject calls for tougher climate goal at UN talks NEWS: Development needs cited by emerging superpowers as science and geopolitics clash at Bonn negotiations
May 28, 2015 EnergySaudi Arabia solar power exports ‘absolutely realistic’ NEWS: Desert state has abundance of sunshine and could produce more than it consumes, says power company boss
Mar 5, 2015 EnergySaudi Arabia to expand solar capacity, says oil minister NEWS: Ali al-Naimi calls for greater cooperation between Europe and Middle East in developing Kingdom’s renewables potential