His Highness Prince Fahd bin Jalawi bin Abdulaziz bin Musaed, Vice President and Secretary General of the Saudi Arabian Olympic and Paralympic Committee, has signed an agreement for the Olympic Committee to join the United Nations Sport for Climate Initiative.
His Highness spoke during the second day of the Saudi Green Initiative Forum on the sidelines of the COP27 Climate Summit in Sharm El Sheikh on behalf of His Royal Highness Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Faisal, President of Saudi Arabia. Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, I am pleased to announce today that the Olympic Committee has joined the United Nations Sports for Climate initiative.
He expressed appreciation for the Green Saudi Initiative, which aims to create a green future for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia under the wise leadership of His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, “may God protect him.”
He noted that the climate crisis is a call to action for all of us and that sport can play an important role in accelerating the pace of change towards a sustainable society and taking sustainable development at its core, noting that the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Games Committee is scaling up action to combat with climate change in the Kingdom, where he participates in the Saudi Arabian sports movement to raise awareness of the sporting communities about the dangers of climate change that darkens our world, indicating that anyone who wants to inspire the process of change must change first. Therefore, the Saudi sports the family started with their own facilities and opportunities that inspire the sports community and maximize the opportunities available at the Prince Faisal bin Fahd Complex to eliminate emissions Recycling, expanding workplace trees and advising sports groups to take climate action.
His Highness said: “We still have a long way to go and we are committed to scaling up participation in sport across all sports organisations, federations and committees in the Kingdom to play an effective role in achieving net zero by 2060 and aligning our plan with the Kingdom’s Vision 2030. indicating that the Kingdom holds major sporting events and meetings such as the Asian Games, Asian Winter Games, Indoor Games, Martial Arts matches in Riyadh, and we hope that all these tournaments are climate compliant. change.
