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At a meeting of climate ministers and officials in Brussels this week, Sultan Al Jaber finally shared his plan of action for the UN climate summit.
Guided by the “single north star” of keeping strict Paris Agreement targets of 1.5C of warming within reach, it covers all of the main areas of climate change.
Al Jaber has split these into four pillars: fast-tracking the energy transition, fixing climate finance, focusing on people’s lives and livelihoods and full inclusivity.
He called on countries to engage in “brutally honest” negotiations at COP28 in November.
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In January, the UAE confirmed that Sultan Al Jaber had been appointed as the president of COP28. Jaber is the CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC). the biggest oil producer in the country and the 12th biggest in the world.
His appointment hasn’t come without controversy. Climate leaders and campaigners have voiced a number of concerns calling it a “blatant conflict of interest”.
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Al Jaber says he is approaching COP28 with a “strong sense of responsibility and the highest possible level of ambition.”
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