CEO: Saudi Arabia is one of the first countries to realize the importance of “climate change”

Dr. Ayman bin Salem Al Ghulam, CEO of the National Center of Meteorology, affirmed that thanks to God’s wise leadership, the Kingdom is one of the first countries in the region and the world to realize the dynamism of “climate change”. In his speech on the occasion of the Kingdom’s celebration of World Meteorological Day, he explained that “we must recognize this problem and its importance and take scientific and practical measures as soon as possible to effectively solve these climate problems.” This year’s celebration, with the theme “The Future of Weather, Climate and Water for Generations”, aims to sound the alarm about the dangers facing the world unless concerted efforts are made at the regional and international levels to solve the root causes of the problem. Extreme weather phenomena, climate change and the increasing scarcity of water resources.

He noted that the Kingdom took the initiative to establish a regional center for early warning of sand and dust storms and a regional center for climate change to consider appropriate solutions and opportunities that will help to cope with extreme weather phenomena and reduce their impact, as well as to strengthen cooperation in this field. He also launched a regional cloud seeding program.

Dr. Ayman Ghulam explained that these efforts are also in line with the groundbreaking national and regional initiatives launched by His Highness Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, may God bless him, represented by the Saudi Green and Middle East Initiative, which will have a broad positive impact on the region’s weather and climate conditions, which confirm the wise leadership of the Kingdom, may God bless it, and its keenness to place weather, climate and water issues at the top of its priorities.

Yesterday (Saturday), the CEO launched the Kingdom’s celebrations of World Meteorological Day, which included a number of colorful activities at the Main Central Headquarters in Jeddah and in various regions of the Kingdom through information and educational exhibitions, interactive activities, interactive murals, and the “Be a Weather Forecast Host” competition.

The Centre also honoured the outstanding winners of the ‘Weather Anchor’ competition which saw exciting interactions between men, women and children at Mall of Arabia in Jeddah.

It is worth noting that World Meteorological Day is celebrated on March 23 every year, which coincides with the founding of the World Meteorological Organization in 1950 AD. As an international umbrella, it focuses on all matters related to weather, weather and climate forecasting, and provides an effective channel for international cooperation in this important field to promote development and urbanization as well as the stability of human and biological life on the earth’s surface.