SYDNEY: Gulf oil states are using their vast wealth to build influence across the far-flung South Pacific, experts have told Agence France-Presse, tearing a page straight out of China's Belt and Road playbook.

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates — two of the world's biggest crude oil producers — have been ramping up efforts to shed their reputations as global climate laggards.

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