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      United Arab Emirates' minister of industry and CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber, speaks to U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry at the opening session of the Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum in Abu Dhabi on January 14, 2023.

      US Lawmakers to John Kerry: Urge UAE to Remove Oil Boss From COP28 Presidency

      Allowing Sultan al-Jaber, head of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, to preside over the next U.N. climate conference "risks undermining the very essence of what is trying to be accomplished."

      Kenny Stancil
      Jan 30, 2023

      More than two dozen members of Congress have called on top U.S. climate diplomat John Kerry to push the United Arab Emirates to replace Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber, head of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, as president-designate of the United Nations COP28 meeting set to begin this November.

      In a Friday letter to Kerry, 27 U.S. lawmakers wrote that "the decision to name the chief executive of one of the world's largest oil and gas companies as president of the next U.N. Climate Change Conference risks jeopardizing climate progress."

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      United Arab Emirates' minister of state and CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber (L), speaks to U.S. Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry

      Outrage After Kerry Backs UAE Oil Exec as President of UN Climate Summit

      Critics rebuke U.S. climate envoy for calling Sultan al-Jaber a "terrific choice."

      Julia Conley
      Jan 16, 2023

      Progressives on Monday reacted with outrage and disbelief after U.S. climate envoy John Kerry backed the appointment of Sultan al-Jaber to lead the the United Nations' annual conference on the climate emergency, saying the CEO of the United Arab Emirates' state-run oil company was not only qualified to preside over the summit, but that his background strengthened the case for his presidency.

      As Common Dreamsreported last week, the UAE named al-Jaber as president of the 28th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28), scheduled to begin in November—a decision that was met with scorn from campaigners as al-Jaber is heads the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and a renewable energy firm in which ADNOC holds a 24% stake.

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      'Colossal Fossil': US 'Isolated' in Opposition to Loss and Damage Fund at COP27

      A draft proposal put forward by Egypt on Saturday included funding for countries devastated by the climate crisis, but like an earlier draft left out a phaseout of fossil fuel use.

      Julia Conley
      Nov 19, 2022

      Negotiators on Saturday were reviewing a new proposal put forward by the Egyptian delegation at the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, which included a compromise on "loss and damage" funding for developing countries that have been hardest-hit by the climate crisis--but lacked a call for a fossil fuel phaseout.

      Under pressure from the Global South, the issue of loss and damage has been a major focus at the conference, which is now in overtime as negotiators haggle over loss and damage as well as concrete steps to phase out all fossil fuel pollution.

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