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By NJ Ayuk, Executive Director, African Energy Chamber ()
The backlash in recent days about the urval of Sultan Al Jaber, ledare executive of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), to serve as president of the next United Nations Climate Conference (COP28) has been quite… dramatic.
The decision to have him lead the conference has been described as “a fox watching the henhouse,” asking “arms dealers to lead peace talks,” and “putting the head of a tobacco company in charge of negotiating an anti-smoking treaty.”
Tasneem Essop, the executive director of Climate Action Network International, went further, saying,” He cannot preside over a process that is tasked to address the climate crisis with such a conflict of interest, heading an industry that is responsible for the crisis itself. If he does not step down as CEO, it will be tantamount to a full scale capture of the UN climate talks by a petrostate national oil co
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The double life of Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber
This week, Climate & Capital responds to a recent COP 28 update letter from Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, the CEO of the Abu Dhabi Oil Company (Adnoc), the UAE’s Special Envoy for Climate Change, and the President-Designate for the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28).
My Dearest Ahmed,
You don’t mind if I call you Ahmed, do you? After all, we are brothers — brothers fighting to end global warming together. So, thank you for your letter on your climate stewardship. Ahmed, we marvel at your efforts to fight to keep the planet cool while also running one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing oil companies.
How do you do it? Your boss in the COP sphere is Secretary António Guterres, the UN Secretary-General. He thinks we are all “trapped in a world where fossil fuel producers and financiers have humanity by the throat.”
But your actual boss, of course, is His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MBZ), Ruler of Abu Dhabi and P
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Event transcript
“A Conversation with H.E. Dr. Sultan Al Jaber”
Opening Remarks by
Frederick Kempe,
President and CEO,
Atlantic Council
Speaker
H.E. Dr. Sultan Al Jaber,
Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and Special Envoy for Climate Change, United Arab Emirates
Moderated by
Amos Hochstein,
National säkerhet and Energy Expert; Former Obama-Biden Special Envoy for International Energy Affairs, US Department of State
“A Conversation with H.E. Suhail Al Mazrouei”
Speaker
H.E. Suhail Al Mazrouei,
Minister of Energy and Infrastructure,
United Arab Emirates
Moderated by
John Defterios,
Emerging Markets Editor and Anchor,
CNN Business
“UAE Diversification Post-COVID A Conversation with Musabbeh Al Kaabi”
Speaker
Musabbeh Al-Kaabi,
Chief Executive Officer, UAE Investments,
Mubadala Investment Company
Moderated by
John Defterios,
Emerging Markets Editor and Anchor,
CNN Business
FREDERICK KEMPE: Good morni