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What is Green Initiative in KSA?

  The Saudi Green Initiative was launched in 2021, and among the ambitious national goals of the Saudi Green Initiative are: mitigating climate impacts, enhancing animal diversity, planting 10 billion trees, protecting land and marine areas and their biodiversity. Among the tasks and responsibilities of the Saudi Green Initiative: supervising and unifying all the efforts of the Kingdom, unifying the efforts of the government and private sectors, promoting the green economy, raising the level of quality of life. (Saudi & Middle East Green Initiatives,2022) And also, this initiative works to increase Saudi Arabia’s dependence on clean energy, in line with Vision 2030, which among its goals is to improve the quality of life and protect future generations. (Vision 2030. ,n.d). Reference: Saudi & Middle East Green Initiatives. (2022) Saudi Green Initiative Forum 2022. Available at:   https://www.greeninitiatives.gov.sa/sgi-forum/ [Accessed 10 May 2023].   Visi...

The importance of the Saudi Green Initiative and its relationship to the thirteenth goal of sustainable development:

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  The Saudi Green Initiative is closely linked to the thirteenth goal of sustainable development, “take urgent action to address climate change and its impacts.” The meaning of the goal lies in reducing people's misuse of their planet. If you want to learn more about the thirteenth goal of sustainable development, watch this video: (Participate . n.d). And its connection to the Kingdom’s initiative is that the initiative aims to pave a path towards a sustainable future. The initiative is not only concerned with planting huge numbers of trees, but also works to reduce carbon emissions, combat land degradation, and preserve the terrestrial, marine and coastal environment. (Saudi & Middle East GREEN INITIATIVES, 2022). This initiative seeks to achieve the desired endeavors of the world through the thirteenth goal of sustainable development. Thus, it has taken its first steps that will guarantee it a better future environmentally. (Saudi & Middle East GREEN INITIATIVE...

How can we contribute to the Saudi Green Initiative as citizens?

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  Application “ Green” or “ أخضر ” It is an application idea that we devised and designed to help the Saudi Green Initiative, and we called it Green” or “ أخضر ” to be clear in its meaning and also attractive, and in Figure 1.1 we see the design of the application interface. (Saudi & Middle East Green Initiatives,2022)                                                                                                                      Figure1.1    The idea of ​​​​the application is educational and voluntary, including that there are some identification pictures of the types of trees and their forms in all seasons of the year, ...

Conclusion:

The Saudi Green Initiative is an initiative launched in 2021 with several goals, the most important of which is mitigating the effects of climate and preserving the environment in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The importance of the Saudi green initiative lies in its ambition to achieve important endeavors related to its environmental and economic future and to achieve a sustainable future. We have created an application that helps us as citizens to contribute to this initiative, as the application enhances the environmental knowledge of citizens about plants and trees in their lands and also enables them to donate financially to grow plants or grow plants themselves. The benefits of the application are educational, environmental and religious as well, and its idea allows everyone to contribute.