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Ninety-five percent of NEOM land and ocean will be put aside as a nature reserve says Alexandra CousteauAlexandra Cousteau, who is known as an expert in environmental issues and a National Geographic Emerging Explorer, made her remarks during a panel discussion at the sixth edition of Future Investment Initiative (FII6) in Riyadh on Wednesday.
“They’re putting 95 percent of NEOM as a nature reserve — both in land and ocean — and that’s an extraordinary piece of leadership and example for the rest of the world,” she said.
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Bahrain and Saudi Arabia hold international friendlies ahead of NEOM CupThe Bahrain national beach soccer team defeated their Saudi visitors in two of the four friendly matches held at the Federation Beach Field in Isa Town. The other two games were drawn. The nations organised the matches as part of their preparation for the upcoming NEOM Beach Soccer Cup 2022 in Saudi Arabia in November. The competition will run from November 9-12 and will feature eight teams: Bahrain, Brazil, England, Paraguay, Japan, UAE, Oman and Saudi Arabia.
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NEOM - Saudi Arabia’s $500 Billion Bet On A Future Without OilThe futuristic NEOM project is a key pillar of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 program to boost and diversify its economy, according to the Vision 2030 website. NEOM and its three so-called ‘regions,’ the Line, OXAGON, and TROJENA, are to be built on 26,500 square kilometers (10,230 square miles) in northwestern Saudi Arabia and will introduce a new model of urban sustainability where residents “will embrace a culture of exploration, risk-taking and diversity.”
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Local firms win NEOM housing PPP contractsPhase 1 of the project entails the construction, finance and operation of 15 housing clusters. The first phase has been designed with a capacity to house 30,000 workers who will be moving to NEOM in the next period to develop different areas of the project.
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NEOM’s Ambition Goes Into HyperdriveThe development strategy behind NEOM is coming into focus: Planners want the megaproject to reflect something greater than the sum of its parts while trying to tether lofty ambitions to reality with major global event commitments.
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Super League Triathlon NEOM 2022: preview and how to watch
The 2022 Super League Triathlon Championship season concludes this coming Saturday with race five, the Grand Finale in NEOM, Saudi Arabia.
After finishing second last year, barring accidents – which is not unusual in SLT racing – we should be see Hayden Wilde take the overall crown. While a new champion is guaranteed for the men, Great Britain’s Georgia Taylor-Brown knows exactly what she needs to do to retain her women’s title.
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Flying taxis, robotic avatars and holograms — Saudi Arabia pushes ahead with its sci-fi city vision
With a mammoth budget of $500 billion, NEOM is a key element of Saudi’s Vision 2030 plan originally launched back in 2016 as part of the kingdom’s mission to diversify away from its oil-dependent economy. Excavation work started this month along the entire length of the project.
The development has received its fair share of skepticism around feasibility, with a raft of articles in publications ranging from The Guardian to the Financial Times including commentary from architects who conclude...
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KPMG: Re-imagining government by 2030Governments are under pressure to improve service delivery to citizens, as digitalization is radically transforming how people interact with the world, KPMG said in its latest publication, “Voices on 2030: Digitalizing government”.
The publication is based on interviews with the world’s leading public and private sector thinkers’ predictions of the world in 2030, focusing on challenges, successes and risks likely to be faced leading up to 2030. The Governor of the Digital Government Authority,...
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