saudi arabia is a country with a lot— saudi arabia is a country with a lot of— saudi arabia is a countryey committed wants to improve its image and starts to improve its image and starts to improve its image and starts to improve its image abroad. there — to improve its image abroad. there is_ to improve its image abroad. there is no better place in the world — there is no better place in the world if— there is no better place in the world if you are a golf state to come _ world if you are a golf state to come to change your image than _ to come to change your image than london. with all sorts of institutions, football, media, education all up for sale and willing — education all up for sale and willing to take some money. so in the _ willing to take some money. so in the case _ willing to take some money. so in the case of the media, you've _ in the case of the media, you've got two really prominent examples, the london evening standard — examples, the london evening standard and the independent which — standard and the independent which is — standard and the independent which is now on

we should point out in this tit—for—tat in saudi arabia that saudi arabia has previously blocked theern eye, because of what they say are your paper's links to qatar. yeah. jim waterson, got any thoughts on this — bein, beout, newcastle? i think with all of it, it is so hard to follow if you are not sort of entwined in the regional politics and it is very, very difficult. i spent so long on this and even i struggle with it. but basically you end up with a story where the thing blocking a takeover of a premier league club appears to be more about who is paying for the television rights than about the human rights in the country that is connected to the purchases. so, we have a fit and proper persons test, but i think with all of this it comes back to — there is no better place in the world to come to than the uk if you want to buy an institution to improve your reputation. whether it's a football club or a media outlet, that's what we come back to. and ultimately the saudis have money on a scale that very few british investors and backers could dream of having. sanan vakilfrom chatham

why are we looking towards saudi arabia? essentially it seems like saudi arabia is saying to the u.s., you are not the most important customer anymore. we are much more concerned with china than we are with the united states. caroline: the ongoing tensions never end. ellen wald, great to have some time with you. a truly global conversation. we are going to keep on talking about the truly global nature of the fuel prices. we are going to hear from fiona, head of commodities and real assets. stick with us. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ romaine: today we are focused on energy, a global energy crisis. we heard a lot about what was happening in the u.k., it was a mess. natural gas prices hitting record after record. it got to the point where your prime minister talked about sending in. caroline: fascinating moves happening in the u.k., which of course there's a perfect storm going on in terms of certain outages. the reasoning dependent on renewable fuels. if the wind is not blowing as much as anticipated. a big take on bloomberg today,

. with eight non-democracies such as saudi arabia-— saudi arabia.very different _ saudi arabia. henry, we are getting very different reactions _ saudi arabia. henry, we are getting very different reactions to - saudi arabia. henry, we are getting very different reactions to this, - very different reactions to this, unreasonably fans of newcastle police to have some money, but it comes at an enormous ethical price, you might argue. comes at an enormous ethical price, you mightargue. is comes at an enormous ethical price, you might argue. is that worth paying? was it right to pay? who paying? was it right to pay? who feels that it _ paying? was it right to pay? who feels that it comes _ paying? was it right to pay? who feels that it comes at an enormous ethical_ feels that it comes at an enormous ethical price? human rights organisations will feel it and the people — organisations will feel it and the people who are not free in saudi arabia _ people who are not free in saudi arabia will— people who are not free in saudi arabia will feel it but sdb was

in fact, calling saudi arabia the external aggressors. now, this of course angered saudi arabia. the information minister said that his statements were made before he was appointed in the new government. they were made back in august, and this was his personal opinion. but that was just not enough for saudi arabia. even the lebanese government tried to distance itself, the prime minister, the president. they tried to distance themselves from the statements made by the information minister saying that it did not reflect lebanese government policy. but clearly with saudi arabia's decision to recall it, some back sort of for consultations and demanding that the lebanese investor in saudi arabia leave the country within 48 hours. it is just, this is just not enough. now this is going to, this is definitely a blow to the new government. so, ever since prime minister matthew took office, he has been talking about, you know, trying to restore relations with the gulf corporation council states. because as of late, really, the relationship between lebanon and gulf arab states has been at

saudi arabia spending the money, a lot of which _ arabia spending the money, a lot of which we _ arabiawhich we contribute to with buying oil~ and _ which we contribute to with buying oil. and suddenly to get all high and mighty about football and we don't _ and mighty about football and we don't about the guns they buy and all the _ don't about the guns they buy and all the other stuff came as a point well made — all the other stuff came as a point well made. it�*s all the other stuff came as a point well made-— well made. it's also of interest, they say. _ well made. it's also of interest, they say, inform _ well made. it's also of interest, they say, inform policy - well made. it's also of interest, they say, inform policy and - well made. it's also of interest, - they say, inform policy and domestic policy. is that not politics, business, henry? even having this debate given that we know how the world works. but debate given that we know how the world works-— world works. but we still have it because we _ world works. but we still have it because we cannot _ world works. but we stil

what do you make of this promise by saudi arabia? , ., ., ., arabia?ia? so it will be a ma'or step in the d arabia? so it will be a ma'or step in the right i arabia? so it will be a major step in the right direction i arabia? so it will be a major step in the right direction in | step in the right direction in terms of domestic emissions, saudi arabia is itself among the ijust c02 uses in terms of per capita on the 12th largest in global terms. the announcement could be particular build —— big four clean energy within the kingdom and could have clean water and clean electricity for saudi citizens. the reason for that is the kingdom right now bones a tremendous amount of fossil fuel for air—conditioning and desalination. it is important to keep in mind this pledges only about domestic emissions. it does not apply to emissions that others produce when they import and burn saudi oil, which hinders its impact on the global scale. which hinders its impact on the globalscale. d0 which hinders its impact on the global scale-— global scale. do you think it is

sorry, not saudi arabia, qatar.ver. , :, newcastle, why it still is that takeover-— newcastle, why it still is that takeover. , . ., , , ., newcastle, why it still is that takeover. , . ., ,, ., ., takeover. it is a massive deal for the premier— takeover. it is a massive deal for the premier league _ takeover. it is a massive deal for the premier league because i takeover. it is a massive deal for the premier league because the | the premier league because the contract, for example, is worth roughly £500 million, and that is a lot of money for the premier league. and when that kind of newcastle deal became public, one of the first people to condemn it and also lobby the premier league and the uk government against this deal was that sports company. but then what also happened was that in early 2021, we saw saudi arabia and its blockade on qatar and as a result of that, what we also saw, only last week, was the sports company was allowed to air its gains and its programming inside saudi arabia. right, so, they we go.

and this is why saudi arabia really has been staying on the sidelines. so the traditional partners of lebanon, the gulf are countries, the political and economic partners. they have been on the sideline as of yet. so this new incident definitely is going to further further strain. the relationship for his i was prime and it says held a security meeting to discuss recent violent protests. supporters of band political party are marching towards the capitalist lumber. they demanding action against france over the 2017 charlie head bo cartoon controversy. several police officers were killed and least $25.00 others wounded during a rally on wednesday. large numbers of volcanic pump stones are causing trouble on japan, southern coast, the pebbles which come from an undersea volcano of clogged at 1st. he ports damaged dozens of boats and destructed the fishing industry. the government has declared a natural disaster, and the stones are still on the loo. officials warmer they are likely to affect the countries at coastline further north. several species of sturg

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more of the big selling weapons arabia to can come if you, the expression. this is the kingdom created 1st by the british empire when taken over by the american empire. it's been controlled by them on many different levels . obviously the sort of these have some autonomy, lifelong background perhaps decides to go and bump off with the soviet embassy. got him into the 2 pieces and bring him back to saudi arabia that you can bet has not been authorized by any wisdom, interventions, agency, but they have to be allowed some more drama. i mean, they've been armed for a long time and the irony is leaving aside the horrors that are being inflicted on the yemen today, while the western world watches it citizens go sleep. for the horror of being inflicted on by yemen, just fill me with despair. for years, decades, the size of these have been buying up huge amounts of weapons, lands from britain, mainly from the united states. and doing what with in the eighty's and ninety's and even the beginning of this century, they've been with large warehouses in the desert when

the investor in saudi arabia leave the country within 48 hours. it is just, this is just not enough. now this is going to, this is definitely a blow to the new government ever since the prime minister matthew took office, he has been talking about, you know, trying to restore relations with the gulf corporation council states. because as of late, really, the relationship between lebanon and gulf arab states has been at an all time low. in fact, especially saudi arabia believes that iran through it's local ally, has the law now controls the country. and this is why saudi arabia really has been staying on the sidelines. so the traditional partners of lebanon, the gulf are countries, the political and economic partners. they have been on the side line as of yet. so this new incident definitely is going to further further strain the relationship and you also mentioned the economy. all of lebanon's imports will now be be banned . the prime minister of haiti has condemned the gangs responsible for a wave of kidnappings in his country in a public address

saudi arabia, japan, and australia are among nations lobbying the u.n.ge a crucial scientific report on how to tace climate change. this is important for two reasons. one, the u.n. says fossil fuels need -- to avoid catastrophic climate change and to, in two weeks time while leaders regarding a lascaux for the climate summit to talk about how to avoid that. here is our climate editor. >> the leak it consists of thousands of comments by governments and others to the scientists responsible for key u.n. reports. they were given to greenpeace u.k. which pass them onto the bbc. >> these reports of the bible of climate science. they are used by governments to decide how to tackle climate change, and thewill provide a crucial input to the negotiations in glasgow. >> let's look at what the leak reveals. starting with saudi arabia, the world's largest oil exporter, and advisor to the saudi oil ministry demands phrases like the need for urgent and accelerated mitigation actions on all scales should be eliminated from the report. >> if you look at saudi arabia, whi

we do business with saudi arabia, we have billions of i saudi arabia, we have billions of pounds of exportship overall? clearly, the wider relationship _ relationship overall? clearly, the wider relationship absolutely i wider relationship absolutely matters. you are correct. but football does matter. football is ordinarily high—profile, and sport, and put both in sport, has been used by regimes around the world to create this veneer of acceptability, and i think what we are seeing here in this case is a government with an egregious, terrible human rights record who absolutely making this investment in murder to try and benefit from that, in order to distract —— investment in order to. football are extremely important even though you are right they are clearly other relationships between this country and businesses in saudi arabia, which are also of concern. sacha deshmukh, chief executive of amnesty international uk, thank you very much indeed. let's get more on the travel news that 47 countries will be removed from the covid read travel list next monday, leaving just seven countries remai

hot an example of sports washing by saudi arabia, is it?— saudi arabia, is it? not at all.is not sports washing _ saudi arabia, is it? not at all. it is not sports washing at - saudi arabia, is it? not at all. it is not sports washing at all. i saudi arabia, is it? not at all. it- is not sports washing at all. amanda staveley who — is not sports washing at all. amanda staveley who will _ is not sports washing at all. amanda staveley who will get _ is not sports washing at all. amanda staveley who will get a _ is not sports washing at all. amanda staveley who will get a seat - is not sports washing at all. amanda staveley who will get a seat on i is not sports washing at all. amanda staveley who will get a seat on the l staveley who will get a seat on the board. stay with me katie, because we've touched on the objections from human right�*s groups to saudi involvement, pointing to a number of abuses, let's hear from amnesty international. today's decision shows that english foothall— today's decision shows that english football is _ today's decision shows that english footba

so he was saying it is time to change for saudi arabia, and we don't -- we don't have to accept thissure from the saudi government. it's a time of change. we have to change. jamal loves his country. jamal worked for his country. so that's why he said to me, in person, "when you take everything from me, i have family and friends or money, job, it's okay. but when you burn my pen, i can't -- i can't be in silence." >> do you feel, in inheriting, the fight for justice for him that you also take on that same fight yourself? >> and a good question. but as you see, i am not really that much, let's say, the fighter or -- i don't know -- no activist. i didn't ask being fighters or human-rights defenders or activists. i was an academic and writer and specialist on gulf countries. but what happened changed my life 180%. i am not the same person before jamal. at the same time, i become, unfortunately, in a way, unfortunately, his voice. because i remind the people what happened to jamal. >> yeah. do you feel safe now? >> i'm not sure. there is -- there is a big possibility i am in danger. even

this week you k, p m, boris johnson, flew his foreign secretary lives trust to arms, customer saudi arabia, which has been bombing yemen. presently the worst humanitarian crisis in the world . this while a usa with $40000000.00 unable to eat tonight without welfare looks to increase war spending to $725000000000.00 a year. the extent of the malign road of the military industrial complex was revealed by one of the most famous journalists in the world. wikileaks is julian assange. he is in jail ahead of another hearing next week. joining me now from london is worth a historian and the inspiration for the running stones street fighting man. tar golly. a member of the original anti war bertrand russell jean pl salter tribunal. he, along with edward snowden and others, a part of the resurrected tribunal now named bel mush after sanchez london prison direct thanks so much for coming back on another terrible week for the global south . there been all these, the violence in jerusalem, there been explosions in syria, in brazil, the accusations of genocide, but in nature, nation media, se the b, b.

as audi arabia boards, johnson was dispatched to saudi arabia. yemen is not even on the news except on unicef advertisement. in between the news bulletins. you think this is going to be a big, big element of trade policy to sell weapons to saudi arabia. more of the big selling weapons or can, can come if you, the expression. this is a kingdom created 1st by the british empire when taken over by the american empire . it's been controlled by them on many different levels. obviously, the side of these have some alternatives, lifeline. background prince decides to go and bump off with the soviet embassy, got him into little pieces and bring him back to saudi arabia that you can bet has not been authorized by any wisdom, interventions, agency. but they have to be allowed some more drama. i mean, they've been armed for a long time and the irony is leaving aside the horrors that are being inflicted on the yemen. today it was the western world watches it citizens go sleep for the horace is being inflicted on by yemen, just fill me with despair. for years, decades, the saudis have been buying u

, and we are still unsure if the crown prince of saudi arabia will show up.er potential line the u.s. is pushing for, net zero by 2050, 10 years on. potentially, china would want if they're going to offer something big and bold on climate, they want something in return, the tariffs still in place, some easing of language when it comes to what's going on between beijing and washington, but while the biden administration is trying to negotiate with china and talk tough on other issues, human rights, trade, china will use climate as leverage. caroline: go enjoy your friday night in rome. we thank you for staying late. meanwhile, we look towards what will be a busy next week, looking towards the road to cop26, the g20, and monetary policy in the u.s.. taylor: jobs day friday. uber and lyft reporting, more labor indications. >> don't forget the infrastructure bill. caroline: that is all for "what'd you miss?" have a great weekend. ♪ ♪ announcer: from the heart of where innovation, money, and power collide, in silicon valley and beyond, this is "bloomberg technolog

points behind debutantes sheriff tell us ball who lost to inter moline, in the wake of the saudi arabia. bad take over at newcastle 18 other premier league teams are voted to block sponsorship deals, linked to club owners or 10 for flash photography. here. new castles, rivals are concerned that their new bosses will gain an advantage from signing lucrative deals with saudi state owned companies. the temporary freeze on all 20 teams will last a month, while a more permanent rule changes, disgust, yukon for say, the moves unlawful romance is a city who are owned by the abu dhabi united grew abstained from the vote. earlier we spoke to a p global sports correspondent, rob harris, who says the timing of the action taken by the clubs is surprising. is all emerging through the source is nothing official. and it really was the result of an emergency meeting. held a monday by premier league, rivals of new council to try to sterling me their ability to draw on resources in saudi arabia to particularly raise their revenue. the focus will be on why those clubs have now not acted in the years after

saudi arabia is one of the world's largest oil producers. australia is a major coal exporter.s as world leaders prepare to gather in glasgow for the global climate talks in ten days�* time. 0ur climate editor justin rowlat reports. the clock is ticking on tackling climate change. the science says unless we start making dramatic cuts to emissions now, we risk very serious consequences. world leaders will be meeting here in glasgow for a crucial climate conference in just ten days. yet leaked documents seen by the bbc show some countries are pressuring the un to change its message on the options for tackling the challenge. saudi arabia, australia and japan are arguing the world doesn't need to reduce fossil fuel use as quickly as the un suggests. the un says the focus for the energy sector should be actively phasing out fossil fuels. delete this, says saudi arabia. 0ne aim of the glasgow conference is to agree an end to the use of coal, but india warned it expects it to remain the mainstay of energy production for decades. meanwhile brazil and argentina ask that the evidence tha

will saudi arabia ever be held accountable. we'll hear from jamal khashoggi's fiancee. >>> good evening. september was supposed to be the month congress passed hundreds of billions of dollars in new spending and guess what? the house did 116-113. you might be scratching your head and say didn't it fail to come to a vote on thursday night? isn't the reconciliation bill nowhere near ready for a vote? you're right on both counts but i'm not talking about those bills. i'm talking about a bill that flew quietly under the radar like an f-32 stealth bomber when it works. it authorized $740 billion for the defense department. $768 billion total. president biden submitted a $715 billion budget to congress for the defense department to which members of both parties said as if and just threw in $25 billion extra that they found under the couch cushions presumably. yeah, in a supposedly divided congress, they gave bipartisan support to spend more money on bombs and bullets, humvees and fighter jets. look at the future projection on this gr

in the wake of the saudi arabia beth take over at new castle 18 of the premier league teams have voted to block sponsorship deals, links a club owners watch out for flash photography. here you cancelled rivals or concern that they new bosses will gain an advantage from signing lucrative deals with saudi state owned companies. the temporary freeze on all 20 teams will last a month or more permanent rule change is discussed. you can say the move is unlawful while matches. the city who owned by the united group abstained from the vote. earlier, we spoke to a p global sports correspondent, rob harris, who says the timing of the action taken by the clubs is surprising. is all emerging through source is nothing official, and it really was the result of an emergency meeting held a monday by premier league rivals of new council to try to sterling me their ability to draw on resources in saudi arabia to particularly raise their revenue. the focus will be on why those clubs have now not acted in the years after the city doing it, but only in the week or so after the completion of the contract to

c follows the british government and cozying up to saudi arabia. we speak to a barrister who wants to read the card. saudi arabia, which you k p m birth johnson enables i'm sales development site of the world's worst humanitarian crisis. and the scandal threatens the future of the taxpayer funded british crown ahead of a hearing in the sexual abuse case against prince andrew, who denies everything. we ask best selling biog hallowani about the traitor king fascism. and if the royal family has always been damage, good, all of them all coming up in today's going underground 1st to the world's worst humanitarian crisis, fueled by british weapons as bars. johnson's u. k. foreign secretary and his trust returns to britain for mom's customer saudi arabia. i'm join now from the hague by human rights to be cabman, co founder of going to $37.00 to thanks so much for coming on. so is this a, let's just go back now? you're raining on doris johnson's a parade. i'll ask you about 2 specific, legible crimes in a minute. but what exactly have you filed with the br

saudi arabia is one of the world's largest oil producers. australia is a major coal exporter. in glasgow for the global climate talks in ten days' time. 0ur climate editor justin rowlatt reports. the clock is ticking on tackling climate change. the science says unless we start making dramatic cuts to emissions now, we risk very serious consequences. world leaders will be meeting here in glasgow for a crucial climate conference in just ten days. yet leaked documents seen by the bbc show some countries are pressuring the un to change its message on the options for tackling the challenge. saudi arabia, australia and japan are arguing the world doesn't need to reduce fossil fuel use as quickly as the un suggests. the un says the focus for the energy sector should be actively phasing out fossil fuels. delete this, says saudi arabia. 0ne aim of the glasgow conference is to agree an end to the use of coal, but india warned it expects it to remain the mainstay of energy production for decades. meanwhile brazil and argentina ask that the evidence that eating less meat can help cut gree

in the wake of the saudi arabia back take over at newcastle, 18 of the premier league teams are voted to block sponsorship deals, linked to club owners, watch on full flash photography. here you cancels, rivals are concerned that they, new bosses will gain an advantage from signing lucrative deals with saudi state and companies. the temporary freeze on all 20 teams will last a month, while the mo permanent rule change is discuss newcastle, say the move is unlawful. now, earlier we spoke to a p, global sports corresponded robert harris. he says, the timing of the action taken by the clubs is surprising is all emerging through source is nothing official. and it really was the results of an emergency meeting held monday by premier league ro able's of new council to try to sterling, meet our ability to draw on resources in saudi arabia to particularly raise their revenue. the focus will be on why those clubs have now not acted. in the years i've seen city doing it, but only in the week or so after the completion of the contract to take over by saudi arabia. and it really does signal the c

is dispatched to saudi arabia. yemen is not even on the news except on unicef advertisement. in between the news bulletins. you think this is a, this is going to be a big, big element of trade policy to sell weapons to saudi arabia. more of the be sending weapons or can come if you, the expression. this is the kingdom created 1st by the british empire when taken over by the american empire. it's been controlled today while the western world watches it citizens go sleep. on the horror of being inflicted on by yemen, just fill me with to spend 4 years decades. the saudis have been buying up huge amounts of weapons, planes from britain, mainly from the united states, and doing what with them in the eighty's and ninety's. and even the beginning of this a long time i western support was withdrawn from saudi arabia or subsidies with rome for that matter. israel change would come very quickly and both these can you think any truth has them? so they money before he was assassinated was trying to seek reproach, ma, between iran in saudi, which is presumably a nightmare scenario of an

add in india, russia, uk, saudi arabia, germany, france, south korea, france, italy, and ault and all the countries combined still don't spend as much as the u.s. does on defense. it is lunacy. why is it suddenly there is no polarization or filibustering when it comes to defense spending? not even when it came up for a vote right after the u.s. just ended the longest war in its history at a cost of $2 trillion. you would think money for defense would be going down right now not up. that is what progressives in the house wanted. but no. the senate will also pass this defense spending bill even as the build back better act languishes there. joe manchin and kyrsten sinema don't seem to have the same fiscal concerns about giving $2 trillion to american defense contractors, afghan war lords, as they do about providing free hearing aid for seniors in west virginia or paid child care to working parents in arizona. i mean, i'll be damned if i know what sinema is thinking about anything. >> what do i want from this bill? i'll never tell. because i didn't come to congress to make friends. and s

they were saudi arabia, the u. e and states like that involves some states that states that have no regard . all right, and what date should we be looking to work as this case proceeds in the latest case? what should people be looking out for? well, i think in a case such as this is very complex, there's a lot of material that police will have to consider. what the, the approach which is generally taken is that they, they go through what's called a scoping science, a preliminary investigation, to see whether the evidence is strong enough to take it to the next stage. they will have to be seeking by some crime prosecutor as to what they're sufficient information to charge individuals. so i don't think anybody should expect this to be decided overnight. the boris johnson won't be charged just to be clear. i know this trust was condemned for breaking a court order in terms of weapons export to saudi arabia, which was only temporary bathrooms. he were not speaking of aristotle, we charge it in this particular filing. n

humans in saudi arabia.ns in saudi arabia.— which jumped into camels and then humans in saudi arabia. we have seen similar events — humans in saudi arabia. we have seen similar events spill— humans in saudi arabia. we have seen similar events spill over _ humans in saudi arabia. we have seen similar events spill over events, - similar events spill over events, but there also molecular evidence from information studies that at least three of the four seasonal coronaviruses, if not all of them, really originated from the animal world. so there is really a track record of coronaviruses doing this, so that is why i think it is really still the most likely explanation. my name is dominic dwyer. i am a medicai— my name is dominic dwyer. i am a medical virologists and infectious diseases— medical virologists and infectious diseases specialist. and i have worked — diseases specialist. and i have worked in _ diseases specialist. and i have worked in public health virology for many _ worked in public health virology f

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the new owner is saudi arabia's sovereign wealth fund, l arabia's sovereign wealth fund, chaired by the had received assurances there would be no state interference with the running of newcastle after a dispute over alleged saudi tv piracy was resolved. this brings to an end mike ashley's turbulent 1a year reign, the retail tycoon accused of a lack of investment and ambition by many fans. ., ., , , of investment and ambition by many fans. ., , . , ., fans. the deal catapult this club to the very tap _ fans. the deal catapult this club to the very top football's _ fans. the deal catapult this club to the very top football's rich - fans. the deal catapult this club to the very top football's rich list - the very top football's rich list but is also provoked fierce criticism from human rights groups, who say that newcastle united has been exploited by the saudi regime. since the deal was first talked about, — since the deal was first talked about, amnesty international has said this — about, amnesty international has said this is — about, amnesty international has said this is sports washi

saudi arabia, the world's biggest oil exporter, has announced a goal of net—zero carbon emissions byhe environmental targets could be met without adverse social or economic effects. paasha mahdavi is assistant professor of political science at the university of california, santa barbara. his research focuses on energy and global environmental politics. i asked him what impact this pledge by saudi officials will have. it will be a major step in the right direction in terms of domestic emissions. saudi arabia is itself among the largest c02 emitters in per capita terms and the 10th largest carbon emitter in global terms. so the announcement could be particularly big for clean energy development within the kingdom and could improve the reliability of clean energy in the form of clean electricity and clean water for saudi citizens. the reason for that, of course, is that the kingdom right now burns a tremendous amount of fossilfuel for air—conditioning and desalination. but it is important to keep in mind this pledge is only about domestic emissions. it does not apply to emissions that o