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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ed Davey and Mary Katherine Wildeman

Saudi registrants for COP28 included undeclared oil company employees, nonprofit says

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At least 15 people who registered for Saudi Arabia's delegation to the COP28 climate conference in Dubai appear to be undeclared employees of the Saudi state oil company, according to research by an environmental nonprofit.

Saudi Arabia, the world's second-biggest oil producer, was one of the main countries opposing an aggressive commitment to phase out fossil fuels at the United Nations-led summit. Saudi Arabia and other large oil-producing nations have traditionally held sway in nixing potential agreements on reducing oil, gas and coal, which when burned cause climate change.

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