Saudi Arabia has ‘green vision’ at COP27, critics unmoved

Beefing up sustainability: Prince Abdulaziz Salman announced a raft of new green projects from beefed up tree planting pledges to fresh solar energy projects in the pipeline. — Reuters

CAIRO: Hydrogen cars and vehicles that capture their tailpipe pollutants. Computer mice made from recycled ocean waste plastic. Hundreds of millions of trees planted in the desert. Saudi Arabia’s vision of an environmentally friendly future is on display just a short drive from the venue of the United Nations climate summit being held in Egypt.

What’s not highlighted in the glossy gallery are the earth-warming fossil fuels that the country continues to pump out of the ground for global export.