COP28 President Lobbied on Fossil Fuel at Climate Meetings, BBC Reports
Sultan Al Jaber allegedly planned to use meetings with foreign governments about the upcoming UN climate summit to push forward the oil and gas agenda, according to the BBC
Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, chief executive officer of ADNOC and president of COP28, at the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference in Abu Dhabi
Photographer: Christopher Pike/BloombergCOP28 president Sultan Al Jaber was willing to raise oil and gas commercial interests during climate meetings with foreign governments ahead of the United Nations summit starting in Dubai later this week, according to a cache of internal records leaked by a whistleblower and published by the British Broadcasting Corp. in collaboration with the Centre for Climate Reporting.
Al Jaber’s presidency has been controversial because he remains chief executive officer of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co., one of the world’s largest oil producers. Today’s report will offer vindication to critics who said his appointment was a conflict of interest.
The documents include over 150 pages of briefings for meetings held by Al Jaber between July and October. Oil and gas commercial interests appear as talking points in these documents, with the reporting showing on at least one occasion a nation followed up on discussions brought up during a meeting with Al Jaber. The documents also included briefings points related to Masdar, the renewable energy company Al Jaber chairs.