January 12, 2023, 6:52 PMThe United Arab Emirates' minister of state and CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company , Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber, addresses the opening ceremony of the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference , Nov. 11, 2019.The appointment of an oil executive as head of the United Nations' COP28 climate conference on Thursday sparked backlash from environmental organizations.
He is the first CEO to ever serve as COP president, "having played a key role in shaping the country’s clean energy path," according to Al Jaber's office.But the announcement Thursday over the appointment of a top oil executive to lead the most important climate conference of the year was quickly met with disapproval by some environmental policy experts and activists who called for the CEO to step down from his role leading one of the biggest oil companies in the world.
The headquarters of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. , right, and Etihad Towers, center, surrounded by residential and commercial properties in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, April 10, 2022.The appointment of Al Jaber to lead COP28 is "egregious" and "could potentially impede the sole purpose of the meeting," Delta Merner, head of the Science Hub for Climate Litigation at the Union for Concerned Scientists, told ABC News.
The United Arab Emirates' minister of state and CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company , Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber, addresses the opening ceremony of the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference , Nov. 11, 2019.Al Jaber's appointment "sets a dangerous precedent" and risks the credibility of the UAE, Tracy Carty, global climate politics expert with Greenpeace, said in a statement.
"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," Essop said.
Ya, considering... Not first rate humanists in that corner of the world...
Ban oil propane gas!!!
Oil gets people where they are going and from freezing to death
World Class Trolling!
how ridiculous
Someone's pockets for fatter.
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