Report: Saudi Arabia touts $109bn solar strategy

James S Murray
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Official tells local media work due to start on first solar farm early next year

With the latest UN climate change summit kicking off in the Quatari capital of Doha this week, attention will be focused on how the oil and gas-rich Gulf States are responding to climate change. So...

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