COP28 President-Designate calls to transform, decarbonise and future-proof economies

COP28 President-Designate calls to transform, decarbonise and future-proof economies

ABU DHABI - Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and COP28 President-Designate, today called for collective climate action from global leaders to transform, decarbonize and future-proof economies.

Dr. Al Jaber was speaking to over one thousand global policymakers, innovators, and industrial leaders at the UAE Climate Tech conference in Abu Dhabi with a call to accelerate the development and deployment of technological solutions to decarbonise economies and reduce emissions by at least forty-three per cent by 2030 in line with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report.

In his remarks, he stressed the urgent need for a responsible and pragmatic energy transition that is laser-focused on phasing out fossil fuel emissions while phasing up all viable zero-carbon alternatives while ensuring that the Global South is not left behind.

Dr. Al Jaber added, “The science is already telling us that we are way off track. The latest IPCC report has confirmed that the world must reduce emissions by forty-three percent by 2030, and that’s if we are serious about keeping the ambition of 1.5 alive. At the same time, global energy demand will continue to increase because an additional half a billion people will join us on this