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● Since the inception of UN climate talks in the 1990s Saudi Arabia has sought to slow progress ● Riyadh’s envoys are among the most active across all tracks of UN climate talks, frequently pushing back on efforts to curb fossil fuels ● Promoting carbon capture and removal technology is now a priority for Saudi Arabia: we are likely to see this goal pursued across all talks at COP28 ● Undermining science is a core strategy employed by Saudi Arabian envoys who contest new climate science at the UNFCCC and IPCC ● Despite increased temperatures across Saudi Arabia and falling groundwater supplies Riyadh has shown little sign of shifting strategy