Like oil and water? How will Sultan al-Jaber's 'shocking' COP28 presidency resonate?
The United Arab Emirates 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 U.N. climate negotiations in Dubai. For more on this controversial move, FRANCE 24 is joined by Lola Vallejo, climate program director at the IDDRI. She says that it's the "first time that a serving CEO of an oil and gas company acts as a COP president."
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