[6][7] KAPSARC was inaugurated by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman in 2016,[8] and it's activities are funded in perpetuity by an endowment provided by the Government of Saudi Arabia.

[11] The IAC meets once a year and consists of members of national, regional and international stature, such as Majid Al-Moneef, Turki Al-Saud, Jin-Yong Cai, Daniel Yergin, Sunita Narain, Richard Newell, Adnan Shihab-Eldin and others.

[20] In 2019 the center's publications in 10 initiatives – including energy, economy, oil, electricity, transportation, and climate change – rose by 32.5% compared with 2018, from 86 to 114 studies.

[21] The center introduced more than 1250 open-access models and research tools to advance the understanding of energy economics and environment policy pathways.

[22] In 2022, KAPSARC launched the second edition of the Circular Carbon Economy Index, a tool to compare how 64 countries are deploying various methods and technologies to reduce their CO2 emissions.

The T20 presented vital policy recommendations developed by T20 Saudi Arabia task forces for consideration by the Leaders of G20 member countries during their summit in Riyadh in November 2020.

[27] The Inception Conference convened more than 150 institutions and think tanks, and over 550 attendees from 65 countries,[28] to discuss issues covering climate and energy, women and youth, innovation and technology, multilateralism, economic development and finance, food security and access to water.