Abstract
On October 30, the Saudi Minister of Energy, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, announced at the Future Investment Initiative that “the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia offers the concept of a circular carbon economy … Such a closed-loop system, much like what happens in nature, will help restore the balance of the carbon cycle.” With this bold new vision for addressing climate change, Saudi Arabia has an opportunity to shift the climate debate, both as part of its presidency of the G20 in 2020 and in the wider international community, toward an approach that explicitly includes and encourages all possible climate mitigation options.
