Saudi Arabia accused of trying to wreck Paris climate deal
Source: The Guardian
Saudi Arabia stood accused on Tuesday of trying to wreck the Paris climate summit in order to protect its future as one of the worlds largest oil producers.
As the talks entered the home stretch, developing country negotiators and campaigners became increasingly vocal in their complaints that the kingdom was getting in the way of a deal.
They are seeing the writing on the wall, said Wael Hmaidan , director of Climate Action Network, the global campaign group. The world is changing and its making them very nervous.
Those concerns about the future for an economy almost entirely dependent on fossil fuels was reflected in the negotiations, other observers said.
Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/dec/08/saudi-arabia-accused-of-trying-to-wreck-the-paris-climate-deal
randys1
(16,286 posts)alfredo
(60,075 posts)Chaos is assured.
daleo
(21,317 posts)It's easy money, relatively speaking, and that draws political poison.
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)SoapBox
(18,791 posts)Obviously money doesn't buy them any brains.