Saudi Arabia

Non-profit groups from 18 developing countries called on Saudi Arabia to "stop playing an obstructionist role" in the current climate change negotiations in Barcelona, claiming the oil kingdom's delaying tactics will hurt the world's poor.

"Developing countries need all the support they can get," said Wael Hmaidan of IndyACT Lebanon and founder of the Arab Climate Alliance in a statement issued Wednesday. "It is unfortunate to have a country among their ranks that is weakening their positions."

Saudi Arabia considers a climate change deal in Copenhagen "a threat to its oil trade," the groups said. They claim that to disrupt negotiations, the delegation has tried to remove language that would support vulnerable countries, among other tactics.

"Saudi Arabia's preferred outcome is no outcome," Hmaidan told SolveClimate in Barcelona.

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