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An investigation by the BBC and the Centre for Climate Reporting (CCR) suggests that the United Arab Emirates, host of COP28, planned to discuss potential natural gas and commercial deals ahead of the U.N. climate talks. Leaked documents, allegedly prepared for COP28 President-designate Sultan Al Jaber for meetings with at least 27 governments, included talking points to advance the interests of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) in liquefied natural gas (LNG) and petrochemicals.

The UAE insisted their head of oil production would be a great choice to run the United Nations' summit on climate change. But, hey, guess what...

The United Arab Emirates planned to use its role as the host of United Nations climate talks to strike oil and gas deals, it has been reported.

The UN climate process has been vulnerable to manipulation by the fossil fuel, especially oil and gas, industry. Recent research on COP participation found that oil and gas companies participated over 7,200 times in the talks. Appointing an oil and gas executive as COP president could, given the intense scrutiny, turn the spotlight on the fossil fuel industry

The host of the upcoming COP28 climate summit, the United Arab Emirates, planned to use its role as an opportunity to try to make oil and gas deals with other countries, BBC News reported​.

The potential of COP28 producing meaningful climate change action is under question following controversy about big oil's role at the conference.

The state-owned Middle Eastern company has been studying a possible bid as it seeks to boost its global footprint, people familiar with the matter said. Any deal could value Wintershall Dea at more than €10 billion ($11 billion), the people said.

With China supporting a bigger role for CCUS to abate emissions from its continued use of coal in power generation, CCUS is gaining traction. [Gas in Transition, Volume 3, Issue 10]

Senate rescheduled Ndung'u's grilling to Wednesday next week.

The MP said Raila was using the 'dossier' in attempt to redeem himself politically.