The president of Cop28, Sultan Al Jaber, has claimed there is “no science” indicating that a phase-out of fossil fuels is needed to restrict global heating to 1.5C.
The Biden administration's public embrace of the United Arab Emirates oil chief running the global climate talks brings political risks. Can it yield a deal to slash fossil fuel pollution?
Sultan al-Jaber, the energy executive leading this year’s global climate summit, says fossil fuel companies are key to the world’s energy transition. Some disagree.
The head of this year’s United Nations climate talks is calling for governments and businesses to tackle global warming by reducing greenhouse gas emissions in all regions and sectors if they want to stop the planet from passing a key temperature limit agreed on more than seven years ago.
The Cop28 president has been accused of attempting to greenwash his image after it was revealed that his team edited Wikipedia pages relating to his role as the CEO of an Abu Dhabi oil company.
Members of Congress and the European Parliament are calling for the removal of Sultan Al-Jaber as president of the next U.N. Climate Change Conference.
