“What I think Saudi Arabia is trying to do with this project is create a global exhibition space that says, ‘We have design and innovation, and we are thinking about how to shape the future. It has a respectable ambition behind it. I think Saudi Arabia is trying to say, ‘Allow us to breathe and have a story that is positive about our future.'”
–Angela Wilkinson, CEO of the World Energy Council, speaking with S&P Global Platts about “The Line” concept, a linear smart city and zero-carbon community spanning 170 km of desert and mountains in the planned city of Neom. [S&P Global]
