The world’s leading oil exporter has become the most forceful opponent of a new agreement at the U.N. climate summit, according to people inside the talks.

The Saudi delegation has flatly opposed any language in a deal that would even mention fossil fuels — the oil, gas and coal that, when burned, create emissions that are dangerously heating the planet. Saudi negotiators have also objected to a provision, endorsed by at least 118 countries, aimed at tripling global renewable energy capacity by 2030.

  • Hegar@kbin.social
    101·
    2 年前

    They don’t need to insulate the population, just the ruling house and the oil sector. The rest of the country is basically disposable, that’s the nature of the resource curse.