“I doubt if there is a much harsher environment than what we have here. If we can do it, then it can be done anywhere.”

-Saleh Al-Hathloul, a Saudi architect and former town planning official, on Saudi Arabia’s ambitious plans for Riyadh to turn the Saudi capital green. The goal, as Bloomberg notes, is to green the capital enough to lower its ambient temperature by 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), giving the city a cushion against climate change in a region where summer temperatures exceeding 110 degrees Fahrenheit are already common. [Bloomberg]