DUBAI: The Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh is on its second day with scheduled discussions on a plethora of subjects from the circular carbon economy, green economy, sustainable tourism to investing in equality.
With more than 250 expert speakers delving on ‘Investing in Humanity’ at the three-day Davos of the Desert, the opening plenary tackled the concept of circular carbon economy — an integrated and inclusive approach to transitioning toward more comprehensive, resilient, sustainable and climate-friendly energy systems that support and enable sustainable development.
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Discussions revolved on how the investment community, business, and government work together to achieve progress towards the G20 recommendations of the circular carbon economy.
The scheduled speakers include Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s energy minister; Lorenzo Simonelli, chairman and CEO of Baker Hughes; Matt Harris, founding partner of Global Infrastructure Partners and Dr. Jennifer Holmgren, CEO of LanzaTech.
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06:37 – Energy security, economic prosperity, and the well-being of people are the three key pillars of Saudi Arabia’s circular carbon economy agenda, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman says.
06:24 – Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman opens the discussion on investing in the circular carbon economy.