COP28: UAE planned to use climate talks to make oil deals
Leaked documents show how the COP28 host planned to use its role to strike fossil fuel business deals.
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Leaked documents show how the COP28 host planned to use its role to strike fossil fuel business deals.
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.
Sultan al-Jaber’s appointment as director of COP28, hosted by the United Arab Emirates, had been blasted as inappropriate. It turns out the critics were right all along.
'As a COP president you should not represent any national or commercial interest, it is your job to lead the world,' said Michael Jacobs, a Sheffield University climate professor.
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.