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Will oil and gas interests at the COP28 climate negotiations quiet calls for the phase out or phase down of increasingly profitable fossil fuels? This is a...

The world does not lack the ability to fight climate change. We lack a willingness to accept that every climate technology and energy transition strategy has tradeoffs.

The talks have been going for 28 years, giving this year’s talks the technical name of the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

The Emirati president of the UN climate conference in Dubai denied Wednesday reports that he sought to use his leadership of COP28 to pursue fossil fuel deals for his country.

High in remote mountains in the oil-rich United Arab Emirates, a new plant will soon take atmospheric CO2 and pump it into rock -- part of controversial attempts to target planet-heating emissions without abandoning fossil fuels.Jaber, the COP28 president and head of ADNOC, has said climate diplomacy should focus on phasing out oil and gas emissions -- not necessarily the fossil fuels themselves.

The report said the UAE planned to use its role as host of UN climate talks to strike oil and gas deals.

"It is extremely disappointing to see the media use unverified documents."

A report by news agency BBC said that UAE used its role as host to discuss fuel deals with over a dozen countries.

Leaked documents show how the COP28 host planned to use its role to strike fossil fuel business deals.

The United Arab Emirates planned to exploit meetings with foreign governments arranged due to its COP28 hosting role to strike fossil fuel deals, according to leaked documents obtained by the BBC. The leaked briefing notes, obtained by journalists at the Centre for Climate Reporting (CCR) working alongside the British broadcaster, were prepared by the UAE's COP28 team for summit president Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber ahead of meetings with foreign governments between July and October this year.Bri...