Davos 2024: Reaching net zero without space tech 'wishful thinking,' says Saudi minister - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Andrew Parasiliti

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Jan 17, 2024

FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty Images — Saudi Minister of Communication and Information Technology Abdullah bin Amer Al-Swaha speaks during an event in the capital Riyadh on Aug. 25, 2021. — FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty Images

(L-R) Bloomberg Television's journalist Francine Lacqua, Singapore's President Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed al-Jadaan, President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Christine Lagarde, Co-chairman of the private equity firm of The Carlyle Group David Rubenstein, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner and World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala attend a session on the closing day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, on January 19,

Analysis

From Davos, all roads lead to the Middle East

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

LEAP technology conference, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 6, 2023.

China, US deals and robots headline Saudi Arabia's LEAP tech event

Salim A. Essaid

Photo from LEAP 2024.

AI and cloud investments dominate Saudi Arabia's LEAP tech summit

In Bristol, reporting on regional business, climate change, AI, tech

In this photo illustration, the welcome screen for the OpenAI ChatGPT app is displayed on a laptop screen on Feb. 3, 2023, in London, England.

Analysis

Middle East unlikely to slow down on AI, ChatGPT rollout

Salim A. Essaid