Saudi Arabia on Tuesday agreed nine investment deals in metals and mining worth more than 35 billion riyals ($9.32 billion) with companies including India's Vedanta and China's Zijin Group. The deals were announced during the World Investment Conference in Riyadh by the Global Supply Chain Resilience Initiative,

Despite endorsing a transition away from fossil fuels last year, Saudi Arabia has since worked to undermine it, diplomats say. Lisa Friedman, a New York Times reporter covering climate policy and politics,

Saudi Arabia on Tuesday signed nine investment deals worth more than 35 billion riyals ($9.32 billion) with foreign companies including India's Vedanta and China's Zijin Group to boost global supply chains,

The oil giant was crucial in making sure none of the major outcomes called for nations to move away from fossil fuels.

The world approved a bitterly negotiated climate deal Sunday but poorer nations most at the mercy of worsening disasters dismissed a $300 billion a year pledge from wealthy historic polluters