Saudi Arabia had only 103 charging stations in 2023 The number of electric vehicles (EVs) registered in Saudi Arabia currently stands at 23,170. Still, the Kingdom has set very ambitious targets. The EV share is targeted to rise to 30% by 2030, which means the EV share in the country’s capital, Riyadh, alone would...
Yasir Othman Al-Rumayyan and Marco Arcelli We, Abeer Abdulkareem and Amgad Ellaboudy, Saudi Arabia country managers at Climate Scorecard, nominate both Yasir Othman Al-Rumayyan, Governor of Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF), and Marco Arcelli, CEO of ACWA Power Company to share the Climate Scorecard 2024 Climate Country Leader Award. They have provided phenomenal leadership...
Saudi Arabia launched Vision 2030 in 2016, which aims to diversify the economy and reduce dependence on oil revenues. One key component of Vision 2030 is to source at least 50 percent of its power from renewable energy by 2030, expand its capacity to 130 gigawatts (GW), 58.7 GW of which is expected to come from solar...
Those who don’t believe in climate change represent a smaller segment of the population In Saudi Arabia, climate change scepticism or reluctance toward renewable energy is often more prevalent among older citizens and individuals from rural areas, many of whom have long depended on oil and traditional energy sectors for employment and income. These groups...
According to data obtained from official Saudi sources, the forest area in Saudi Arabia will cover 0.45448% in 2021. Saudi Arabia’s forests contain 6 million metric tons of carbon in living forest biomass. About 2.7 million hectares of woodland remain in the mountains of Saudi Arabia, especially in remote, steep, inaccessible areas. The juniper (Juniper...
The NDC Partnership is a network of over 120 countries, facilitated by UNFCCC, that is dedicated to helping each other strengthen their Paris Agreement Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) Pledges. The Partnership has just released Version 3.0 of the NDC Navigator, an interactive tool that supports the development of updated country NDCs to be submitted in...
Saudi Arabia continues to source almost all of its energy needs from fossil fuels (99.9%), and the implementation of ambitious renewable energy targets has been slow, as less than 0.1% of energy comes from renewables. In 2020, oil accounted for 62% of energy consumption and natural gas 38%. Saudi Arabia’s increasing electricity demand was predominantly...
Saudi Arabia is one of the most vulnerable countries in the Gulf region to climate change. Temperatures in Saudi Arabia are warming at a rate 50% higher than in the rest of the Northern Hemisphere. If the trend of rising temperatures persists or accelerates, human survival in this region will be impossible without continuous access...
The Saudi Green Building Forum (SGBF) was established in 2010 to promote sustainable building practices and energy efficiency in Saudi Arabia. SGBF works to integrate green building principles into the construction industry, fostering an environmentally responsible approach to urban development. The forum provides certification programs, such as the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)...
Saudi Arabia is working on developing a carbon trading market by creating carbon credits that companies can buy to offset their emissions.In October 2023, Saudi Arabia announced at the United Nations MENA Climate Week in Riyadh that it will launch in early 2024 the Kingdom’s Greenhouse Gas Crediting and Offsetting Mechanism (GCOM) “to incentivize the...
