Saudi Minister of Energy and Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz met in Jeddah on Monday with Australian Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen. They discussed opportunities for cooperation on climate action and joint efforts in connection with the 31st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP31), scheduled to be held in Türkiye in November this year. Talks focused on advancing the objectives and principles of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement, with a view to achieving inclusive, balanced and practical outcomes that take into account the national circumstances of member states. They reviewed Saudi Arabia’s initiatives and efforts to address the impacts of climate change, including the deployment of renewable energy, emissions management, reduction and removal, the Saudi Green Initiative, as well as the implementation of the Circular Carbon Economy approach and its technologies and other national and regional programs and initiatives. Bowen toured the Shuaibah Solar Power Project, one of the largest projects under Saudi Arabia’s National Renewable Energy Program. His visit also included a tour of Historic Jeddah, one of the Kingdom’s leading cultural and tourism destinations, as well as a visit to King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), where he was briefed on the university’s research environment and academic programs in science, engineering and biotechnology.
