Exxon CEO, a Climate Villain to Many, Makes His Debut at COP
- Darren Woods at conference in Dubai, marking a first for Exxon
- Climate activists say oil interests have hijacked UN summit
Darren Woods at COP28, on Dec. 2.
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Exxon Mobil Corp. CEO Darren Woods cuts a strange figure at the COP28 climate summit — an oil executive moving among thousands of government officials, business leaders and activists gathered in Dubai to limit global temperature rise.
After all, he’s the head of the largest American oil and gas company — villainized by some environmentalists for decades denying the fossil fuel’s contribution to climate change.