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The #MGISummit is about to begin. Follow our live coverage of the event, where high-profile regional leaders gather in #Riyadh to discuss #climate action ahead of #COP26.

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#MGISummit: #Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, as well as #Jordan and and #Kuwait's crown princes, arrive at the venue. Pakistani PM @ImranKhanPTI also shows attendance.

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#MGISummit: #Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa and #UAE's Finance Minister Hamad bin Rashid Al Maktoum have also arrived

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#MGISummit: #Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman welcomes dignitaries at the venue

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#MGISummit: A look inside the venue of the summit, where a high-profile delegation from different countries across the region are set to talk about their #environment agenda

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#MGIsummit: #Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman says the summit plans to put a regional roadmap for combating #climatechange

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#MGISummit: #Saudi Crown Prince says #SaudiArabia will launch a platform for carbon circular economy

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#MGIsummit: #Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman says #SaudiArabia will also introduce a fund to support a circular carbon economy

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#MGIsummit: #Saudi Crown Prince says #middleeastgreeninitiative to become a permanent initiative

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#MGIsummit: #Saudi Crown Prince says two initiatives were launched today at a cost of SR39 billion, and that #SaudiArabia will finance 15 percent of these initiatives

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#MGISummit: #Kuwait's Crown Prince says his country has launched a national environmental program

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#MGISummit: #Kuwait's Crown Prince says his country supports #SaudiArabia's efforts and the #MiddleEastGreenInitiative

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#MGISummit: #Jordan's Crown Prince says #climatechange is one of the biggest challenges the world faces today, but it is not attracting enough attention

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#MGISummit: #Algeria believes in sustainable development, and supports every initiative that involves overcoming #climatechange, the country's PM said

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#MGISummit: #Algeria will create ministries for renewable #energy production, with green #hydrogen as a priority, the country's PM said

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#MGISummit: Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis says 32 billion euros will be allocated for #green projects over the next seven years

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#MGISummit: Greek PM says his country can be an entry point into European power market for cheap electricity from #solar sources in the #MiddleEast

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#MGISummit: #Greece will launch dedicated ministry to protect #forests following the wild fires that hit the country last year

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#MGISummit: #Morocco's Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch says his country has launched a national #climate goal that focuses on #energy supply in industrial areas

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#MGISummit: #Morocco has launched a strategy to promote ecological balance and development, and plant trees over 50 thousand hectares of land by 2030

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#MGISummit: #Morocco PM says his country has increased contribution to reduce greenhouse gases by 45.5% by 2030

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#MGISummit: #Pakistan PM @ImranKhanPTI says that his country is planting 2.5 billion trees and aiming for 10 billion trees

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#MGISummit: #Pakistan PM says the cost of their #climatechange adaptation is between $6 to $14 billion

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#MGISummit: #Pakistan will plant 1 billion mangrove trees by 2023, PM Imran Khan says

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#MGISummit: #Pakistan is phasing out #coal use for energy in the country, PM Imran Khan said, and the only coal project left is for gasification

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#MGISummit: #Pakistan PM says his country will shift to using 60% of #energy from clean sources by 2030, and 30% of all transport will be shifted to EVs by 2030

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#MGISummit: #Pakistan PM @ImranKhanPTI says his country has already shelved 2,400 MW of coal projects, replaced them with 3,700 MW of hydroelectricity projects

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#MGISummit: #Tunisia's PM Najla Bouden highlights the importance of #green finance, and calls on donor countries and international #finance organizations to increase their support

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#MGISummit: We also seek collaborating with #SaudiArabia and #MiddleEast to consolidate our efforts in using renewable #energy and reducing emissions, #Russia's deputy PM Alexander Novak says

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#MGISummit: #Iraq's deputy PM Ali Allawi says his country will fully stop flaring associated #gas by 2025

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#MGISummit: #Iraq's deputy PM says his country will add 12 gigawatts of #solar energy over the next decade

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#MGISummit: #Iraq deputy prime minister says palm trees fell in Iraq from 40 million trees to one million

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#MGISummit: #Qatar Minister of State for #Energy Affairs Saad Al Kaabi said the country has launched a plan to combat #climatechange by 2030 that includes 35 initiatives to reduce #carbon emissions

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#MGISummit: #Qatar will plant 1 million trees ahead of #WorldCup2022, and 10 million trees by 2030

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#MGISUmmit: 30 percent of $Egypt government projects will be green by 2024, and 100 percent by 2030

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#MGISummit: #Egypt has issued $750 million in green bonds to finance #green projects

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#MGISummit: @BlackRock's Larry Fink says investors know that #climatechange poses big investment risks

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#MGISummit: @BlackRock's Larry Fink says hitting #netzero carbon world by 2050 requires a huge capital investment

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#MGISummit: @BlackRock's Larry Fink says the next 1000 unicorns will be #sustainable companies

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