Saudi Arabia to participate in AFED's Climate Change Conference in Beirut

Beirut, November 11, SPA -- Prince Turki bin Nasir bin Abdulaziz, President-General
of the Presidency of Metreology and Environment ( PME) and also President of the
Executive Board of the Council of Arab Ministers of Environment, will lead the
Saudi delegation to the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED)
conference entitled "The Climate Change" scheduled to take place from November
19-20 in the Lebanese capital.

Arab Environment Ministers and international figures and a large number of Arab and
foreign experts and researchers will participate in the conference

The conference will witness two major events; the launching of the report prepared
by AFED on the impact of climate change in Arab countries, and expected to be the
most comprehensive document on the subject published on the eve of the United
Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, and the announcement of the
results of the first public opinion survey conducted in 19 Arab countries on
climate change.

Also during the conference, the documentary entitled "Wet & Dry" will be released
for the first time, summarizing the findings of AFED's 2009 annual report.

--SPA