RIYADH: ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵÌýhasÌýsubmitted its Intended Nationally DeterminedÌýContribution (INDC) to theÌýUN today, according to the country's Energy Minister.
INDCs areÌýinstruments set out under the Paris Agreement that allow the UNÌýto assess how the world is tacklingÌýclimate change.
Addressing the Saudi Green Initiative Forum in Riyadh,ÌýPrince Abdulaziz bin Salman revealed the details had been sentÌývia email.
Reacting to the annoucement, Patricia Espinosa, executive secretary to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, said: "This is certainly the kind of leadership that the world needs precisely at this time and I want to commend His Royal Highness, the government of the Kingdom of ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ for this very bold and courageous decisions that send a powerful signal just a few days before we start the conference in Glasgow.Ìý
This is the moment announced that she formally received ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ’s emissions pledge (NDC).
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She added: “This is what we need; we need countries to come to cope with great decisions, bold decisions with high level of ambition —Ìýwe need to have the clarity of these pathways of the deadlines that we established so I wholeheartedly commend and express my gratitude for a very important oil producing country is really a game changing, history changing decision."
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