Kuwaiti has reaffirmed its commitment to achieving carbon neutrality in the oil and gas sector by 2050, KUNA reported.
Foreign Minister Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah said Kuwait was committed to reaching carbon neutrality by 2050 in the oil and gas sector and in other sectors by 2060.
In remarks to the state-run news agency made at COP27 and the Middle East Green Initiative Summit currently held in Egypt, the Kuwaiti minister stated that Kuwait executed many projects to preserve the environment and reduce emissions.
Kuwait makes climate pledge
He said that Kuwait sticks to all the commitments it made since the launching of the first climate conference in Brazil in 1992 all the way to the Paris conference in 2015.
He noted that the representative of Kuwait took part in the two summits and said that one of the UN summit’s goals is to encourage world countries to announce specific dates to reach carbon neutrality, indicating that Kuwait had pledged to reach that objective by 2050.
The announcement came as the Kingdom’s Crown Prince hosted the Middle East Green Initiative summit alongside COP27 in Egypt.
The Middle East is increasingly looking to sustainable business and diversifying its economy.
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