Saudi Arabia, Pakistan to sign climate deal

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President Biden today kicked off a virtual climate summit attended by 40 other world leaders by announcing an ambitious cut in greenhouse gas emissions as he looks to put the US back at the center of the global effort to address the climate crisis and curb carbon emissions.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping are two notable leaders who are attending President Biden's two-day summit, underscoring the wide range of leaders attending. Many allies of the US are also in attendance, including French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Here's a look at the world leaders the US invited to the summit:
  1. Prime Minister Gaston Browne, Antigua and Barbuda
  2. President Alberto Fernandez, Argentina
  3. Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Australia
  4. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh
  5. Prime Minister Lotay Tshering, Bhutan
  6. President Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil
  7. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canada
  8. President Sebastián Piñera, Chile
  9. President Xi Jinping, People’s Republic of China
  10. President Iván Duque Márquez, Colombia
  11. President Félix Tshisekedi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  12. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Denmark
  13. President Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission
  14. President Charles Michel, European Council
  15. President Emmanuel Macron, France
  16. President Ali Bongo Ondimba, Gabon
  17. Chancellor Angela Merkel, Germany
  18. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India
  19. President Joko Widodo, Indonesia
  20. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel
  21. Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Italy
  22. Prime Minister Andrew Holness, Jamaica
  23. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Japan
  24. President Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya
  25. President David Kabua, Republic of the Marshall Islands
  26. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Mexico
  27. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand
  28. President Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria
  29. Prime Minister Erna Solberg, Norway
  30. President Andrzej Duda, Poland
  31. President Moon Jae-in, Republic of Korea
  32. President Vladimir Putin, The Russian Federation
  33. King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  34. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore
  35. President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa
  36. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, Spain
  37. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey
  38. President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, United Arab Emirates
  39. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, United Kingdom
  40. President Nguyễn Phú Trọng, Vietnam

Saudi Arabia, Pakistan to sign climate deal​

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are set to sign an agreement in mid-April to collaborate in environmental initiatives, a senior Pakistani government official has confirmed.

The collaboration comes after Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan last week welcomed the recent Green Saudi Arabia and Green Middle East initiatives introduced by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to Pakistan Nawaf bin Said Al-Malki and Khan’s special aide on climate change, Malik Amin Aslam, met on Saturday to discuss the possible relationship.

“During our conversation, the Saudi envoy said the Kingdom was open to collaboration with Pakistan and wanted to declare their environmental projects as sister initiatives,” Aslam told Arab News.

“I recommended signing a formal MoU to carry forward such cooperation and the Saudi envoy maintained that we should do it as early as possible. We have already started preparing the draft which will be signed within 10 days,” he added.

Last week, Pakistan welcomed the Saudi crown prince’s green campaigns as a major step in reducing global greenhouse gas emissions. The Green Saudi Arabia and Green Middle East initiatives aim to reduce carbon emissions in the region by 60 percent and plant 50 billion trees in the world’s biggest afforestation project.

BACKGROUND

• The Green Saudi Arabia and Green Middle East initiatives aim to reduce carbon emissions in the region by 60 percent and plant 50 billion trees in the world’s biggest afforestation project.

• Saudi Arabia will plant 10 billion trees in the coming decades and will be working with other Arab states to plant another 40 billion trees to combat pollution and land degradation.


“Am delighted to learn of ‘Green Saudi Arabia’ & ‘Green Middle East’ initiatives by my brother, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman!” Khan wrote on Twitter last week, adding: “Have offered our support on these as there are many complementarities with our ‘Clean & Green Pakistan’ & ‘10 Billion-Tree Tsunami’.”
Khan was referring to his government’s ambitious five-year tree planting program launched in 2018, with the aim of countering rising temperatures, flooding, droughts, and other extreme weather issues in the country that scientists have linked to climate change.
In a letter to the crown prince, Khan said that while Pakistan and Saudi Arabia already maintained close cooperation on climate change issues at multilateral forums, “a meaningful and structured bilateral engagement can help advance our shared vision and create mutually beneficial opportunities for partnership.”

 
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