Environmental groups and climate experts denounced the United Arab Emirates' announcement that the chief executive of the state-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company will preside over the next round of U.N. climate talks.
The UAE, which gets to name the president of the next round of United Nation-brokered talks known as COP28 that it is hosting next year, appointed Sultan Al Jaber to the role. Along with overseeing one of the world's biggest oil companies, he serves as the UAE's minister of industry and advanced technology and is chief executive of renewable energy company Masdar, based in Abu Dhabi.
