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{{Family name hatnote|lang=Arabic|[[Al Saud]]}}
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|full name = Faisal bin Turki bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|4|27|df=y}}
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|house = [[House of Saud|Al Saud]]
|father = [[Turki bin Faisal Al Saud]]
|mother = Nouf bint Fahd Al Saud
|religion = [[Islam]]
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'''Faisal bin Turki Al Saud''' ({{langx|ar|فيصل بن تركي آل سعود}}; born 27 March 1975) is a member of the [[Saudi royal family]]. He is the eldest son of [[Turki bin Faisal Al Saud|Prince Turki bin Faisal Al Saud]] and brother of Red Bull athlete Prince [[Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Saud|Abdulaziz]]. Similar to his father, Prince Faisal bin Turki studied International Relations at the [[Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service]] at [[Georgetown University]]. Faisal also studied at Calvin College, American Intercontinental University and the [[London School of Economics and Political Science]], obtaining an MSc in Environmental Policy Planning and Regulation.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}
==Global Strategic Studies Institute==
In 2007, Faisal founded the Global Strategic Studies Institute (GSSI) which is the first [[Saudi Arabia]]n environmental [[NGO]]. The GSSI supports new mega projects, encouraging their development to have an [[environmentally friendly]] focus, through environment policy and directive guidelines. GSSI has commenced establishing a [[think tank]] that will be at the forefront of the implementation of [[renewable energy]] in the [[Middle East]].
One of the GSSI's current projects is to build the first Saudi Arabian solar farm and factory on a {{convert|5|sqmi|km2|adj=on}} plot outside of Riyadh. This project will be twice the size of the Masdar Environmental City being built in Abu Dhabi.
Faisal's concern for the environment was borne from both extensive academic research and a greater understanding of the importance of [[Saudi Arabia]] in the future of renewable energy.
GSSI has worked closely with First Energy Bank, the world's first bank dedicated to [[alternative energy]]. In 2007, First Energy Bank sponsored the yacht of Faisal Bin Turki Al Faisal at the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Sailing to Barcelona Initiative.
In November 2008 Faisal was invited as a guest of honour to attend the Global Summit for Ecology in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]] where both [[Al Gore]] and [[Michael Nobel]] [[Nobel Foundation]] were present as guest speakers. In 2008 GSSI also formed a [[strategic partnership]] with World Environment TV, a leading environmental broadcaster and is partnership with Dr Tom Kelly OBE CEO of the Stakeholder Group, a leading UK based [[Public Relations]] company.
He was the political attaché to the Saudi Embassy in the USA during the period when [[Bandar bin Sultan]] was ambassador.<ref>{{cite news|title=Saudi Arabia|url=http://panamapapers.sueddeutsche.de/articles/middleeast_embedded/rulingfamilies_db.xls|accessdate=18 November 2016|work=Panama Papers}}</ref>
== Environmental positions ==
Faisal bin Turki is the Director of Project Aware in association with PADI and the [[Saudi Arabia]]n National Commission for [[Wildlife|Wild Life]] and [[Conservation (ethic)|Conservation]].
In 1999, Faisal founded Blue Reef Divers which currently has three [[scuba diving]] schools across the Kingdom and runs a series of [[coastal]] [[Marine conservation|conservation]] projects.
Faisal bin Turki is also the co-founder of F&F Law Firm and F&F Public Relations, which has since formed a partnership with the Stakeholder Group.
==References==
{{Reflist}}
* Haute Living Magazine [http://www.hauteliving.com/ny/aprilmay-2008-sharp/will-the-saudi’s-go-green/]
* International Herald Tribune [http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/09/business/greengulf.php]
* World Future Energy Summit [http://www.worldfutureenergysummit.com/]
==External links==
* Global Strategic Studies Institute [http://www.globalssi.eu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126134004/http://www.globalssi.eu/ |date=26 January 2018 }}
* F&F Law Firm [https://web.archive.org/web/20190525033542/http://alfarhan-law.net/]
* F&F Public Relations [https://web.archive.org/web/20100731101124/http://www.ff-publicrelations.com/]
* World Environment TV [http://www.worldenvironment.tv/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624144740/http://www.worldenvironment.tv/ |date=24 June 2019 }}
* Our Publication 'The OPEC Story' [http://www.books.iupindia.org/newarticle.asp?isbn=978-81-314-2216-8&basket_id=/]
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