$92bn plan to make Riyadh greener for Expo 2030  

$92bn plan to make Riyadh greener for Expo 2030  

Saudi Arabia will invest $92 billion to make Riyadh one of the world’s most sustainable cities by 2030, the kingdom’s tourism minister has said. Riyadh was awarded hosting rights for the 2030 World Expo, an event Dubai staged to widespread acclaim in 2021-2022 following a one-year delay due to the pandemic. Princess Haifa bint Mohammed […]

City is world’s 75th most polluted

92,000 trees and shrubs planted

Transport also improving

Saudi Arabia will invest $92 billion to make Riyadh one of the world’s most sustainable cities by 2030, the kingdom’s tourism minister has said.

Riyadh was awarded hosting rights for the 2030 World Expo, an event Dubai staged to widespread acclaim in 2021-2022 following a one-year delay due to the pandemic.

Princess Haifa bint Mohammed Al-Saud, Saudi Arabia’s tourism vice-minister, told the Saudi Green Initiative Forum, held in Dubai as part of Cop28, that the money would in part be spent expanding Riyadh’s green spaces.

Already this year, 92,000 trees and shrubs have been planted in the Saudi capital’s Qurtubah neighbourhood.

Transportation minister Saleh Al-Jasser detailed other initiatives aimed at reducing Riyadh’s environmental footprint. These include expanding remote work by state employees and shifting to less carbon intensive transport modes through greater use of the city’s public