More Than 100 US, EU Politicians Want Oil CEO Removed as COP28 Head
Dozens of members of the US Congress and European Parliament called for Sultan Al Jaber to be removed as COP28 president-delegate.
Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, a United Arab Emirates minister and chief executive officer of Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC).
Photographer: Christopher Pike/BloombergMore than 100 US and EU lawmakers appealed to the leaders of their countries and the United Nations to oust oil executive Sultan Al Jaber as head of this year’s COP28 climate summit.
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The politicians also asked that further steps be taken to limit the influence of fossil-fuel companies at the talks to be hosted by the United Arab Emirates at the end of the year. The appointment of Al Jaber, who runs state-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Co., to lead a conference whose goal is to increase global action to cut carbon emissions, has been controversial from the start.