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Capturing Cop28 chief’s oil firm emissions would take centuries – study

Analysis deems technology promoted by Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber ‘dangerous red herring’

The Guardian - UK

Cop28 host UAE has world’s biggest climate-busting oil plans, data indicates

State oil company’s huge expansion plans make its CEO’s role as president of UN climate summit ‘ridiculous’, say researchers

The Guardian - UK

COP28 President-designate praises India for its energy transition vision

UAE and India share vision for energy transition to ensure low carbon development. COP28 to focus on ambitious and balanced outcomes. PM Modi’s leadership praised for delivering global agreement. COP28 to frame climate action as opportunity for growth.

The Hindu

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Let fossil fuel profits fund crucial methane reduction

Letter: Unless this short-lived super climate pollutant is cut immediately, meeting the Paris agreement will be impossible, write Durwood Zaelke and Maxime Beaugrand

The Guardian - UK

‘I wasn’t the obvious choice’: meet the oil man tasked with saving the planet

When Cop28 starts next month, Sultan Al Jaber will be front and centre. He is the United Arab Emirates’ choice to head up the climate talks – and he also happens to be head of the national oil company. What’s the problem with that, he asks

The Guardian - UK

Exclude Fossil Fuel Firms From Cop28 if They Only Want to Obstruct, Says Ex-UN Chief

This story originally appeared in the Guardian and is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story.

Capital & Main

UAE oil company executives working with Cop28 team, leak reveals

Exclusive: two PR professionals from national oil firm listed as providing ‘support’ to team running UN climate summit

The Guardian - UK

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UN climate summit host UAE failed to report methane emissions to UN

Exclusive: State oil firm, whose chief will preside over Cop28, also accused of ‘incoherent’ reduction targets

The Guardian - UK

Leak reveals ‘touchy’ issues for UAE’s presidency of UN climate summit

Exclusive: Long list of ‘sensitive’ topics for petrostate include oil and gas production, emissions and Yemen war crimes

The Guardian - UK

‘G-20 nations should take leadership in climate action’

With only 124 days left for the COP28 in the United Arab Emirates, COP President-Designate Sultan Al Jaber on Friday urged G-20 nations to take a leadership role on climate action and said that their decisions would have an enormous influence on the outcomes for all countries

The Hindu

What is the UAE Cop28 plan of climate action?

Sultan Al Jaber has laid out his long-awaited strategy at a meeting in Brussels

The Guardian - UK

Phase down of fossil fuel inevitable and essential, says Cop28 president

Exclusive: Sultan Al Jaber calls on world to up its renewable energy capacity and says oil and gas companies must be involved

The Guardian - UK

So what if fossil fuel lobbyists have to declare themselves at Cop28? That won’t curb their power

Oil and gas companies don’t just have a seat at the Cop table: they are in charge of the table, says climate journalist Amy Westervelt

The Guardian - UK

Greta Thunberg: not phasing out fossil fuels is ‘death sentence’ for world’s poor

Climate activist says only ‘rapid and equitable’ phaseout will keep temperatures within 1.5C limit

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Army of fake social media accounts defend UAE presidency of climate summit

Sultan Al Jaber – Cop28 president and CEO of state oil firm – is ‘ally the climate movement needs’, posts say

The Guardian - UK

Global greenhouse gas emissions at all-time high, study finds

Scientists say world is burning through ‘carbon budget’ that can be emitted while staying below 1.5C

The Guardian - UK

Countries have not yet agreed to put fossil fuel phase-out on Cop28 agenda

Director-general of climate talks, Majid Al Suwaidi, says governments have not reached agreement to discuss key issue

The Guardian - UK

‘Absolute scandal’: UAE state oil firm able to read Cop28 climate summit emails

Exclusive: UN conference president Sultan Al Jaber is also head of oil firm, which was consulted on how to respond to a media inquiry

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Al Jazeera

Will fossil fuel phase-out make it onto the UN’s climate agenda?

UN climate chief says while the rapid end of hydrocarbon use is required, the idea may not be discussed at COP28 talks.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: White House pushes for support on debt ceiling deal

Some in Congress question if they received enough concessions in bipartisan deal. Plus, Cop28 president accused of ‘greenwashing’

The Guardian - UK

Cop28 president’s team accused of Wikipedia ‘greenwashing’

Exclusive: UAE using site to ‘control narrative’ amid criticism of oil boss leading climate summit, say critics

AFP

US, European lawmakers demand axe for oil exec heading climate talks

Washington (AFP) - More than 100 members of the US Congress and the European Parliament called Tuesday for the removal of an oil industry executive tapped to lead the next UN climate change conference.

The Guardian - UK

Cop28 host UAE’s approach is ‘dangerous’, says UN’s ex-climate chief

Christiana Figueres says focus on carbon capture is direct threat to survival of vulnerable countries

AFP

Climate maths 'doesn't add up' without carbon capture: COP28 chief

Abu Dhabi (AFP) - The Emirati oil chief leading this year's UN climate talks said Wednesday the world must get "serious" about new emission-capturing technology, rather than focussing only on replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy.

Radio France Internationale

COP28 chair urges tripling use of renewables by 2030

The president-designate of the upcoming UN climate talks, Sultan Al Jaber, has called on participants to drastically ramp up their use of renewable energy ahead of the key summit in the United Arab Emirates later this year.

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