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Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦

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It is located in the Western Asia and it is the fifth-largest country in Asia, the largest in the Middle East, and the 13th-largest in the world.

It has borders with Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Yemen.

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Riad, located in the center of the country.

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The current population is about 34 million, which means 0.42% out of the total. The majority of the population lives in urban areas.

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It varies from grasslands, deserts and forest, and so the the climate and temperature, which can reach over 110 degrees Fahrenheit in the desert in the summer, while in the winter temperatures in the north and central parts of the country can drop below freezing.

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Abortion is illegal in Saudi Arabia

No woman can drive

The practice of non-Islamic religions in public is forbidden

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It is a absolute monarchy, which means that the king holds political, religious and military power.

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 Head of State and/ or Head of Government 🧑🏻‍⚖️

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 Head of State and/ or Head of Government 🧑🏻‍⚖️

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Salman of Saudi Arabia is the king who represents the country, while his son, Mohammed bin Salman AuSaud is the Prime Minister who’s up to be Crown Prince and rule afterwards

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Minister of the Environment, Water and Agriculture: Abdulrahman A. Al-Fadley

Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources: Ali bin Ibrahim Al-Naimi.

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Iran and Yemen due to the fear of losing control and power in the Middle East. Those two countries have religious differences (Saudi Arabia is primarily Sunni Muslim, while Iran and Yemen are a Shia-majority country)

Syria, as Saudi Arabia supported opposition groups during Syria’s civil war, trying to control Iran’s influence in that territory, who was also an ally of the Assad regime.

Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shia militant group, which supports Assad in Syria and has great influence in Lebanon is opposed by Saudi Arabia while assisted by Iran.

Extremist Groups (Al-Qaeda), as despite its Sunni identity, they have targeted Saudi Arabia, which has fight against the growth of terrorism, created by those groups .

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United States, due to economic interests in relation to oil and the fight against terrorism.

UAE, which collaborates together on issues related to Iran and Yemen.

Egypt and Jordan, as they have common interests in relation to security and political stability.

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Saudi Arabia has some main problems such as the lack of freedom of expression, gender inequality and how sometimes that may lead to death penalties. The Specialized Criminal Court is against migrants who have crossed the borders without permission and those who exercise their right to freedom of expression, including online like Twitter. Also women and girls have their rights violated, according to The Human Rights, such as how they still can’t walk in public without the abaya, interact with men, work nor open their own companies without the approval of some men, travel to foreign places without a guardian and so many others…

Some other problems are related to economic reforms and social modernization made by Mohammed bin Salman.

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Member of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)

United Nations (UN)

Participant in the G20, a group of the world's largest economies.

Alliance with the United States.

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International accords related to the environment ♻️

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International accords related to the environment ♻️

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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia reaffirms its commitment to Paris Agreement goals, which aims to prevent high temperatures beyond industrial levels. They will implement actions, projects, and plans outlined in this submission that will try to reduce and remove GHG emissions by 278 million tons of COzeq annually by 2030, with the year 2019 designated as the base year for this NDC.

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Internal and external policies on the environment ✳️

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Internal and external policies on the environment ✳️

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The Saudi Green Initiative aims to transform 30% of the territories into natural reserves, planting 10 billions of trees and restoring 40 millions of demolished acres.

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It’s an oil-based economy with strong government controls.

PIB-4,510%, it is highly influenced by the prices of petroleum.

G8- Took part of and said they shared the concern of climate change. Saudi Arabia is part of the Climate Change Convention and its Kyoto Protocol.

G20- It is one of the 19 countries involved.