COP28

Hundreds of climate and environmental groups from around the world released a letter on Thursday, January 26, 2023, that decried the nomination of an oil executive to oversee the United Nations climate negotiations at COP28 this year.

Canadian politicians and civil society groups are decrying the United Arab Emirates’ decision to have an oil company CEO lead this year’s international climate talks.

The United Arab Emirates on Thursday, January 12, 2023, named a veteran technocrat who both leads Abu Dhabi's state-run oil company and oversees its renewable energy efforts to be the president of the upcoming United Nations climate negotiations in Dubai, highlighting the balancing act ahead for this crude-producing nation.

A flurry of summits this week across Dubai addressed the threat of climate change, or at least acknowledged that a pivot away from fossil fuels toward cleaner sources of power is needed to keep temperatures from rising.