UAE: fossil fuel power and COP28 host

UAE: fossil fuel power and COP28 host

A gas-guzzling fossil fuel exporter trying to spearhead more ambitious climate action, the United Arab Emirates remains heavily dependent on hydrocarbons for its prosperity.- The carbon footprint -The UAE may be a small country of only nine million inhabitants but it emitted 237 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) in 2021, according to the Global Carbon Atlas -- without including methane and other greenhouse gas emissions.The United Kingdom, for comparison, emitted 348 million that year for a population of 67 million people. UAE: fossil fuel power and COP28 host