US and Russia ally with Saudi Arabia to water down climate pledge (Guardian)
Move shocks delegates at UN conference as ministers fly in for final week of climate talks
Jonathan Watts and Ben Doherty
Published: 10:06 EST Sunday, 09 December 2018
The US and Russia have thrown climate talks into disarray by allying with Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to water down approval of a landmark report on the need to keep global warming below 1.5C.
After a heated two-and-a-half-hour debate on Saturday night, the backwards step by the four major oil producers shocked delegates at the UN climate conference in Katowice as ministers flew in for the final week of high-level discussions.
It has also raised fears among scientists that the US president, Donald Trump, is going from passively withdrawing from climate talks to actively undermining them alongside a coalition of climate deniers.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/09/us-russia-ally-saudi-arabia-water-down-climate-pledges-un?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Collusion in destroying not only our political stability but our life support on this planet. Despicable creatures.