Analysis: Emirati oil CEO leading UN COP28 climate summit lashes out as talks enter toughest stage
Source: Associated Press
Analysis: Emirati oil CEO leading UN COP28 climate summit lashes out as talks enter toughest stage
BY JON GAMBRELL AND SETH BORENSTEIN
Updated 7:44 AM EST, December 4, 2023
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Emirati leading the United Nations’ COP28 climate talks walked out on stage Monday to a room full of journalists to offer a 17-minute list of what he described as the stunning successes made so far in the summit.
Then he spent the rest of the time criticizing the media covering his contradictory remarks about phasing out fossil fuels that again raised the concerns of activists about him heading a state-run energy company that plans to increase its production of crude oil and natural gas.
Sultan al-Jaber’s comments highlight the dualities of the United Arab Emirates, an autocratic federation of seven sheikhdoms. It’s filled with modern skyscrapers but has no freedom of speech. It punches above its weight on the world stage but isn’t used to publicly answering probing questions.
And now it wants the popular support of a climate conference filled with some who want the lifeblood of the country’s economy shut off.
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With its chosen title is yet another way for the uber-wealthy to express their disdain for the masses and their desire for self determination.
Time to eat the rich.
