Saudi
Arabia,
the
world’s
largest
oil
exporter
and
a
long-time
thorn
in
the
side
of
the
climate-change
movement,
will
sign
onto
Irena’s
founding
treaty
“within
a
matter
of
weeks”,
according
to
Irena
director-general
Hélène
Pelosse.
South
Africa
joined
Irena
over
the
weekend
in
a
turn
of
events
Pelosse
describes
as
“very,
very
important”.
Of
the
so-called
BASIC
industrialising
countries
integral
to
the
Copenhagen
Accord
–
Brazil,
South
Africa,
India
and
China
–
only
India
was
a
signatory.
Two
other
nations
–
Kyrgystan,
and
Saint
Vincent
and
the
Grenadines
–
also
joined
Irena
over…
