Analysis: Climate change --Saudi Arabia has been dragging in trying to counter the problem

Climate progress screeched to a halt this year. One country had its foot on the brake. | CNN For years, Saudi Arabia has been accused of delaying climate progress, but experts say this year it has been bolder than ever. Laura Paddison CNN

In a year in which global efforts to tackle some of the planet’s most pressing crises — from climate change to plastic pollution — have ended in failure or bitter disappointment, there is one country whose name comes up again and again: Saudi Arabia.

For years, the oil-rich kingdom has been accused of using its vast resources and savvy negotiating tactics to push against and delay climate progress, but multiple experts say this year it has been bolder than ever.

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