Leading government officials from Saudi Arabia and UK, industrial groups and global policy makers will discuss the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference COP26 as well as pressing issues around climate change relevant to the kingdom at a virtual roundtable next week.

 

The webinar is being hosted by Neil Crompton, the British Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, in co-ordination with Clean Energy Business Council (CEBC). 

 

A nonprofit membership organisation, CEBC is dedicated to promoting clean energy including renewables, climate financing, future mobility, energy efficiency, energy storage and clean energy technology and solutions. 

 

The upcoming event, to be held under the topic, 'Reusing and recycling: the effects of plastic in nature. Ahead of COP26, can we encourage a fundamental change in attitudes?’ will bring together representatives from Saudi and UK governments, NGOs, universities, private sector and key opinion leaders. 

 

In addition to Crompton, the key speakers at the event include: Taha Boksmati, the founder of Hejaz Ploggers; Carlos M. Duarte, the professor at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST); Tarek Ahmed Juffali, Research Chair in Red Sea Ecology at KAUST; Helen Olds, Principal of the British International School Riyadh; Ahmed Samir Elbermbali, the Managing Director of CEBC Mena; Mouna A. Eusman, the co-founder of Naqaa Sustainability Solutions Saudi and

Caspar Herzberg, the Zone President at Schneider Electric (Middle East & Africa).

 

Established in 2008 by a group of leading institutions, companies and individuals, CEBC is a forum for stakeholders to come together to exchange ideas, share information and facilitate projects. 

 

The council provides a platform to further dialogue between the public and private sectors to develop much needed policy and regulation to help drive the implementation of clean energy across the Mena region. 



This initiative is aimed at encouraging citizens and organisations to take action and encourage policy makers and companies in Saudi to commit to being more environmentally aware.-TradeArabia News Service