World ‘way off track’ of climate goals: UAE’s President-designate of COP28

World ‘way off track’ of climate goals: UAE’s President-designate of COP28

The UAE’s Dr Sultan al-Jaber, President-designate of the COP28 climate conference, said this year’s talks must be a ‘COP of action’ saying the world is “way off track” achieving the climate goals laid out under the 2015 Paris Agreement.

In his first speech since being given the head role of this year’s climate talks – to be staged in November at Dubai Expo City, al-Jaber said COP28 must be an inclusive, action-oriented approach to transform systems and accelerate trajectories in the fight against climate change, state news agency WAM reported on Saturda

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COP28, the annual successor to COP27 in Egypt last year, will aim to advance action to reduce emissions responsible for global warming and deal with the consequences of climate change, in line with the 2015 Paris Agreement.

Speaking at the Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum, Dr al-Jaber, also the UAE’s Special Envoy for Climate Change and CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) said that the UAE had “a clear sense of responsibility and a great sense of urgency” when it came to hosting COP28 and helping to build global ambition and accelerate action on