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.
It makes sense that they would take the position. It is just odd that the effects of global warming hasn’t hit their populations either.
How long could they insulate their populations from the worst of it?
For as long as the rest of the world is subsidizing their public works
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.