Lost in translation: Is climate language reaching Arab audiences?

ALKHOBAR: When Saudi resident Reem Al-Dossari was asked what “net zero” meant, she thought it described a future in which factories, cars and businesses produced no emissions at all. The 26-year-old was less certain when she encountered its Arabic equivalent (safi al-inbi‘athat al-sifri). “I understood the words separately, but I couldn’t explain what they meant together,” she told Arab News. “I thought the goal was to stop producing emissions completely.” Only after hearing that net zero involv

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