Ariadne<p>More horrid news - <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SaudiArabia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaudiArabia</span></a> is driving a huge <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/global" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>global</span></a> investment plan to create demand for its <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oil</span></a> and <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/gas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gas</span></a> in developing countries, an undercover investigation has revealed. Critics said the plan was designed to get countries “hooked on its harmful products”."</p><p>Jut like <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/tobacco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tobacco</span></a>, no? (I am personally hooked on tobacco, so I know what I'm talking about)</p><p>Little was known about the oil demand sustainability programme ( <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ODSP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ODSP</span></a> ) but the investigation obtained detailed information on plans to drive up the use of <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/FossilFuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuel</span></a> - powered cars, buses and planes in <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a> and elsewhere, as <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/rich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rich</span></a> countries increasingly switch to clean energy.</p><p>The <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ODSP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ODSP</span></a> plans to accelerate the development of supersonic air travel, which it notes uses three times more jet fuel than conventional planes, and partner with a carmaker to mass produce a cheap combustion engine vehicle. Further plans promote power ships, which use polluting heavy fuel oil or gas to provide electricity to coastal communities.</p><p>The ODSP is overseen by Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, the crown prince Mohammed bin <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Salman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Salman</span></a>, and involves its biggest organisations, such as the $700bn Public Investment Fund, the world’s largest oil company, Aramco, the petrochemicals firm Sabic, and the government’s most important ministries. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/27/revealed-saudi-arabia-plan-poor-countries-oil" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">23/nov/27/revealed-saudi-arabia-plan-poor-countries-oil</span></a></p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Klima" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Klima</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Klimakrise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Klimakrise</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Cop28" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cop28</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Cop28UAE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cop28UAE</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateEmergency</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateDisaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateDisaster</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateDiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateDiary</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.green/@pvonhellermannn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pvonhellermannn</span></a></span></p>