Saudi climate envoy meets with Slovenia, Costa Rica FMs

Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir, who is also envoy for climate affairs, met on Wednesday with officials of Slovenia, Costa Rica and the chairman of the Tony Blair Institute for Climate Change on Wednesday, the Saudi Press Agency said.

The meetings were held on the sidelines of the ongoing World Economic Forum 2024 in Davos, Switzerland.

In Al-Jubeir’s meeting with Tanja Vajon, Slovenia’s deputy prime minister and minister of foreign and European affairs, the duo exchanged views on issues related to the environment, climate, and regional and international issues of common interest, SPA said.

Al-Jubeir also talked about efforts related to environment and climate issues with Arnoldo Andre Tinoco, Costa Rica’s minister of foreign affairs and religions.

He likewise met with former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, chairman of the Tony Blair Institute for Climate Change.

His meetings are part of the Kingdom’s strategy of seeking to set standards in global efforts to combat climate change and global warming.

“We are the world’s largest exporter of oil and we are very proud of it. And oil will continue to be a major source of energy for the world. But as the world’s largest exporter of oil, we also want to be a leader in dealing with renewable energy, and in dealing with and confronting the issue of climate change,” he told the WEF on Wednesday.

“We’re also working with small island nations, we’re working with developing countries to help them adopt a circular carbon economy approach so they can deal with the issue of climate change,” he said.