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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Carmen Aguilar García, Ajit Niranjan, Josh Gabbatiss, Pamela Duncan and Fiona Harvey

China and Saudi Arabia among nations receiving climate loans, analysis reveals

An Aramco worker wearing a protective helmet in front of the towers and pipes of a sprawling oil facility
The Aramco oil facility in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia. Japan has given the country more than $1bn (£760m) in climate finance. Photograph: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters

China and wealthy petrostates including Saudi Arabia and UAE are among countries receiving large sums of climate finance, according to an analysis.

The Guardian and Carbon Brief analysed previously unreported submissions to the UN, along with data from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), that show how billions of dollars of public money is being committed to the fight against global heating.

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