{"id":36467,"date":"2021-06-16T17:49:18","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T00:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=36467"},"modified":"2021-06-16T17:49:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T00:49:18","slug":"u-s-saudi-arabia-joint-statement-addressing-the-climate-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=36467","title":{"rendered":"U.S.-Saudi Arabia Joint Statement Addressing the Climate Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"
06\/16\/2021 09:42 AM EDT<\/div>\n

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Office of the Spokesperson<\/p>\n

At the conclusion of Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry\u2019s visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the two countries released the following statement:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Begin text:<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are committed to addressing the increasing climate challenge with seriousness and urgency. \u00a0They will work to strengthen the implementation of the Paris Agreement and actively promote a successful G20 in Italy and COP 26 in Glasgow. \u00a0Both countries affirm the importance of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and taking adaptation actions during the 2020s to avoid the worst consequences of climate change. \u00a0They affirmed their intention to work together:<\/p>\n

to actively support and engage bilaterally on the\u00a0Saudi Green Initiative and the Middle East Green Initiative,\u00a0including on clean energy, sustainable agriculture, and land use;<\/p>\n

to advance efforts under the announced Net-Zero Producers Forum, including, e.g., on methane abatement, the circular carbon economy, and clean-energy and carbon capture and storage technologies;<\/p>\n

to cooperate on the potential of clean hydrogen to address the hardest to abate sectors and to partner to accelerate clean hydrogen\u2019s development and deployment, recognizing the two countries\u2019 respective initiatives in this regard;<\/p>\n

to collaborate on accelerating the deployment of renewable energy and low-emissions power systems in the region;<\/p>\n

to encourage private sector partnerships;<\/p>\n

to support ocean-based and nature-based solutions for addressing both mitigation and adaptation; and<\/p>\n

to launch cooperation on enhancing climate change research in the areas of mitigation and adaptation.<\/p>\n

Recalling their fruitful, in-depth discussion\u00a0on\u00a0their respective ongoing and future climate initiatives, both sides acknowledge each other\u2019s efforts and look forward to engaging with each other and enhancing their actions on\u00a0the\u00a0road to Glasgow and beyond.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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