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Frankly Speaking: Saudi Arabia can be a leading oil exporter while also fighting climate change, says deputy minister for environment

Arab News · Frank Kane · last updated
“We have to realize that there is no single approach that can single-handedly address the global climate change challenge. “I’d like to highlight a distinction between air pollution and degraded air quality. Definitely air quality becomes degraded during dust storms — no one claims that it is healthy to go outdoors and inhale dusty weather. “Definitely, climate change and global warming is a major global challenge that we are taking very seriously. Its job is to do national and regional studies on the mid- and long-term outlook for climate change,” he said.