UAE’s Jaber, oil boss who brokered ‘beginning of end’ for fossil fuels

UAE’s Jaber, oil boss who brokered ‘beginning of end’ for fossil fuels

Sultan Al Jaber, the UAE oil chief who headed COP28 in Dubai, promised that this year's UN climate talks would be "different". He did not disappoint.The towering Emirati, 50, was beaming in his grey dishdasha after he brought down the hammer on the first United Nations agreement calling for a transition away from fossil fuels.It ended a Conference of the Parties (COP) of contradictions in the oil-rich United Arab Emirates, which is one of the world's biggest producers of crude. UAE's Jaber, oil boss who brokered 'beginning of end' for fossil fuels