Riyadh says IPCC must retain independence from political process, and will not be able to offer full picture of climate challenges for governments
Europe’s top economy and world’s second-largest oil producer signal plans to ratify global pact to limit warming to sub 2C
Don’t expect a rapid Saudi decarbonisation as oil demand will remain high, Khalid al-Falih tells reporters at OPEC meeting
As cabinet approves sweeping economic reforms, prince Mohammed bin Salman says they will reduce reliance on hydrocarbons
COMMENT: Last week deputy crown prince Salman announced the formation of a post-oil $2 trillion fund, accelerating a major Middle East energy transition
NEWS: Investments, not crude, will bankroll government in twenty years, says deputy crown prince as he plots sale of state oil company Aramco
ANALYSIS: Squeezed by falling oil prices and costly subsidies, Riyadh is finally getting serious about economic reform
NEWS: Public offering would make world’s largest oil producer more transparent, says Saudi Arabia deputy crown prince
NEWS: World’s biggest oil exporter has an ‘action-based approach’ to going green, says Khalid Abuleif on the sidelines of COP21 in Paris
VIDEO: Ali Al-Naimi points to kingdom’s capturing of carbon dioxide as evidence of its commitment to tackling climate change at Paris summit
NEWS: New COP21 website and emails highlighting commitment stress Riyadh is taking this year’s climate summit seriously – but doubts persist over Kingdom’s low carbon ambitions
NEWS: Petropower offers conditional emissions cuts of up to 130Mt CO2e by 2030, becoming last G20 member to submit plan before Paris summit
NEWS: It is in the interests of oil-rich Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates to back global action on climate change, study shows
NEWS: Oil-exporting kingdom will respect UN process and submit by December summit, says French climate change ambassador
NEWS: Secretary General’s advisor says his office will be on the phone to those countries yet to deliver greenhouse gas slashing proposals
NEWS: Fossil fuel giant must continue efforts to diversify economy away from oil, gas, International Monetary Fund says
ANALYSIS: As low oil prices fail to bankrupt US oil, could climate action help Middle Eastern petropower rebalance its economy?
NEWS: Development needs cited by emerging superpowers as science and geopolitics clash at Bonn negotiations
NEWS: Desert state has abundance of sunshine and could produce more than it consumes, says power company boss
NEWS: Ali al-Naimi calls for greater cooperation between Europe and Middle East in developing Kingdom’s renewables potential