{"id":145,"date":"2023-04-19T04:58:03","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T04:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/?p=145"},"modified":"2023-04-19T04:58:03","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T04:58:03","slug":"saudi-arabias-kaust-report-showcases-local-global-action-on-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/19\/saudi-arabias-kaust-report-showcases-local-global-action-on-sustainability\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia\u2019s KAUST report showcases local, global action on sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"printable-area shareable\">\n<div class=\"title-area show-for-printable-area\">\n<h2>Saudi Arabia\u2019s KAUST report showcases local, global action on sustainability<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"img-area show-for-printable-area\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/n_670_395\/public\/main-image\/2023\/04\/19\/3778951-791464335.jpg?itok=abZfuWmS\" alt=\"Saudi Arabia\u2019s KAUST report showcases local, global action on sustainability\" title=\"Saudi Arabia\u2019s KAUST report showcases local, global action on sustainability\"> <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-highlight\">\n<ul>\n<li>Tony Chan, KAUST president, said that the report \u201cwill inspire us to continue our sustainability journey, and also inspire local, national and international audiences across all sectors of society <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-meta hide-for-large no-print\">\n<div class=\"updated-ago\">\nUpdated 19 April 2023 <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-author\">\nArab News <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-date\">\n<time>April 19, 2023<span> 00:34<\/span><\/time> <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-meta-footer\">\n<div class=\"grid-x align-justify\">\n<div class=\"cell shrink\">\n<div class=\"entry-views\"><span class=\"views-count-placeholder nid-2289206\"><i class=\"icomoon-icon icon-views\"><\/i><span><\/span><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cell shrink\">\n<div class=\"entry-shares-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"a2a_kit \" addthis:title=\"Saudi Arabia\u2019s KAUST report showcases local, global action on sustainability\" addthis:url=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2289206\" data-a2a-url=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2289206\" data-a2a-title=\"Saudi Arabia\u2019s KAUST report showcases local, global action on sustainability\">\n<a class=\"a2a_button_facebook facebook-btn-hover\"><i class=\"icomoon-icon icon-facebook\"><\/i><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"a2a_button_twitter twitter-btn-hover\"><i class=\"icomoon-icon icon-twitter\"><\/i><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"a2a_button_linkedin linkedin-btn-hover\"><i class=\"icomoon-icon icon-linkedin\"><\/i><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"a2a_button_whatsapp whatsapp-btn-hover\"><i class=\"icomoon-icon icon-whatsapp\"><\/i><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"a2a_button_email\"><i class=\"icomoon-icon icon-envelope\"><\/i><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"#\" class=\"print-btn\"><i class=\"icomoon-icon icon-printer\"><\/i><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"large-shrink\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arabnews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"twitter-follow-button\" data-show-count=\"false\" data-show-screen-name=\"false\">Follow @arabnews<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/2289206\/saudi-arabia\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1581406038831-5\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>\nTHUWAL: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, also known as KAUST, has implemented ambitious alliances toward achieving global sustainability goals in the Kingdom and abroad.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe university, which was founded in 2009, recently released a report on progress toward the UN\u2019s Sustainable Development Goals. The document, which covers the period from 2021 to 2022, features major projects, programs and initiatives advanced by KAUST across three broad categories: education and research, operations, and engagement and outreach.<\/p>\n<p>\nTony Chan, KAUST president, said that the report \u201cwill inspire us to continue our sustainability journey, and also inspire local, national and international audiences across all sectors of society to engage with us in the search for the solutions we need to collectively thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nDr. Ana Margarida Costa, head of the university\u2019s Office of Sustainability, said: \u201cKAUST\u2019s work on sustainability is making a difference in the Kingdom and the world. We look forward to keeping up the momentum to further advance our sustainability agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nThe report also stresses KAUST\u2019s involvement in several international sustainability networks; research on climate solutions and the water-energy-food nexus; participation in or hosting of key events such as Conference of the Parties \u2014 the UN Climate Change Conference; the UN Ocean Conference; the intergovernmental Group of 20; the Future Investment Initiative; the World Sustainability Forum; and The World Academy of Sciences general conference.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe report additionally profiles the university\u2019s engagement with strategic national projects, institutions and companies such as Red Sea Global, NEOM, ARAMCO, the Saudi Green Initiative, the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture, the Public Investment Fund, and Aeon Collective.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi Arabia\u2019s KAUST report showcases local, global action on sustainability Tony Chan, KAUST president, said that the report \u201cwill inspire us to continue our sustainability journey, and also inspire local, national and international audiences across all sectors of society Updated 19 April 2023 Arab News April 19, 2023 00:34 Follow @arabnews THUWAL: King Abdullah University [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145\/revisions\/162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}