Al Jaber: “COP 28 will be the first comprehensive assessment of Paris Agreement goals”

Al Jaber: “COP 28 will be the first comprehensive assessment of Paris Agreement goals”

The upcoming 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) in the UAE will mark the first comprehensive assessment of progress against the goals of the Paris Agreement, or global stocktake, said Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, President-Designate for COP28 and the UAE Special Envoy for Climate Change.

In his speech at the Global Energy Forum organised by the Atlantic Council, held at Abu Dhabi on Saturday, Al Jaber said, “We are way off track. The world is playing catch up when it comes to the key Paris goal of holding global temperatures down to 1.5 degrees. And the hard reality is that in order to achieve this goal, global emissions must fall 43% by 2030.”

To add to that challenge, he said, “we must decrease emissions at a time of continued economic uncertainty, heightened geopolitical tensions and increasing pressure on energy security.”

Al Jaber, who also serves as Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and as the Managing Director and Group CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, said t here is no other way to really address the climate challenge and emphasised the need to make transformational progress.

The UAE wants COP 28 to transform systems and accelerate 2030 trajectories through game-changing partnerships