After unveiling their campaign to tackle climate change on Saturday, Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called on leaders from Iraq, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, and Sudan in order to discuss an extensive project. 

As reported by Saudi Press Agency, the project is a regional tree-planting project. The project comes under the prince’s Vision 2030 plan as part of the Saudi Green Initiative.

Saudi aims to reduce its dependence on oil revenues and improve the quality of life reported Reuters. 

“The Middle East Green Initiative aims, in partnership with the countries of the region, to plant 50 billion trees as the largest reforestation program in the world,” reported SPA.  

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According to the plan, Saudi Arabia plans to plant 10 billion trees while working with other Arab states to plant another 40 billion trees in their pursuit to cut down mitigate pollution, land degradations and cut down carbon emissions. 

The initiative also intends “to enhance the efficiency of oil production and increase the contribution of renewable energy, in addition to multiple efforts to preserve the marine and coastal environment, and increase the percentage of natural reserves,” reported SPA. 

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The initiatives come as energy giant Saudi Aramco, the kingdom’s cash cow, faces scrutiny from investors over its emissions.

Bloomberg News reported that the company excluded emissions generated from many of its refineries and petrochemical plants in its overall carbon disclosures to investors, reported in January.