The United Arab Emirates wants the COP28 climate conference it is hosting this year to be practical and show solidarity between the global north and south that 'leaves no one behind', the country's oil chief and designated COP28 president said.
UAE Industry Minister Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber attends an official ceremony to mark the first arrival of an ammonia delivery from the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company in the harbor in Hamburg, Germany October 21, 2022. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer
ABU DHABI, Jan 14 - The United Arab Emirates wants the COP28 climate conference it is hosting this year to be practical and show solidarity between the global north and south that "leaves no one behind", the country's oil chief and designated COP28 president said. In a speech on Saturday to the Global Energy Forum, Sultan al-Jaber, head of state oil giant ADNOC and UAE climate envoy, called for scaling up renewables, nuclear energy, hydrogen, carbon capture, energy efficiency and new technologies, among others.Our Standards:
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