Saudi smart city Neom ‘new model for sustainable urban design’

Saudi smart city Neom ‘new model for sustainable urban design’

Saudi Arabia’s smart city Neom offers a new model for environmentally-friendly and sustainable urban design, both for the kingdom and the world, said its climate envoy at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland.

During a panel session titled ‘The Evolution of Urban Life’, Adel bin Ahmed Al Jubeir, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Climate Envoy for Saudi Arabia, said: "The Line will revolutionise the way people look at cities and urban planning. Neom is an attempt to create a city that is environmentally friendly, sustainable, that has a very high quality of life, but virtually no traffic."

Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Falih, Minister of Investment, participating in a session called 'Reshuffling Value Chains' described how Saudi Arabia’s supply chain initiatives will leverage the kingdom’s resources, infrastructure and location to enhance local and global supply chain resilience.

"In Saudi Arabia, we launched the Global Supply Chain Resilience Initiative (GCSRI), to not only strengthen our resilience but also enable the Kingdom to become part of the global multi-hub system, while playing to our strengths," he stated.

During its session titled Deployment in the Industrial Metaverse, Abdullah bin Amer Alswaha, Minister of Communications & Information Technology, said: "The current 2D world that we