Last night ??Saudi Arabia tried to remove any mention of fossil fuels from the COP26 deal – this is a pattern of behaviour from Riyadh that has seen them try to undermine climate talks across multiple venues… #COP26
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1/11— UN Climate Summit News (@UNClimateSummit) November 11, 2021
Notes taken at WGI’s approval talks in July by @IISD_END shows them trying to water down the link between human activities and climate change and even greenhouse gasses and climate change. https://t.co/ZcWdiwL4Rk#COP26
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3/11— UN Climate Summit News (@UNClimateSummit) November 11, 2021
Another excerpt states that Saudi Arabia argued to say that greenhouse gases were the “main” instead of “dominant” driver of tropospheric warming since 1979.
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5/11 pic.twitter.com/sfxGsMRhsU— UN Climate Summit News (@UNClimateSummit) November 11, 2021
?? Saudi Arabia opposed including the need for “strong” emissions reductions and tried to argue that any mention of ‘net zero’ was too policy prescriptive, in other words, that the term is too political and should instead be replaced with ‘neutral’ language.#COP26
7/11 pic.twitter.com/0pZ1WwuY8e— UN Climate Summit News (@UNClimateSummit) November 11, 2021
. @climatemorgan “This is shocking but not surprising. It’s completely consistent with Saudi Arabia’s past actions. Other governments now need to work together to isolate them and stop fossil fuel interests torpedoing the talks.”#COP26
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9/11— UN Climate Summit News (@UNClimateSummit) November 11, 2021
E3G’s @aldenmeyer “The science of human-induced climate change is beyond doubt so for Saudi Arabia to engage in a naked and cynical attempt to undermine clear communication of the science is disturbing, but not surprising…”#COP26
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10/11— UN Climate Summit News (@UNClimateSummit) November 11, 2021