"Inside the Campaign That Put an Oil Boss in Charge of a Climate Summit"
"Sultan Al Jaber, CEO of the UAE’s national oil company, secured the COP28 presidency despite questions over his green credentials."
Source: The Intercept, 10/26/2023
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"Gaza’s Limited Water Supply Raises Concerns For Human Health"
"A lack of clean water in the Gaza Strip is raising major concerns for human health."
Source: AP, 10/23/2023
"War In The Middle East Jeopardizes Climate Talks"
"A lasting war between Israel and Hamas could complicate climate talks next month in the United Arab Emirates by raising tensions between nations with fragile alliances and triggering a race to secure energy resources over reducing carbon emissions."
Source: E&E News, 10/13/2023
COP28 Will Be Earth-Shaping News in 2024 and Beyond
When nations converge this fall for the latest round of annual talks on harnessing climate change, they meet at a crucial juncture. Will the increasingly dramatic impacts of global warming, and the prospects of worse, focus their attention enough to bring about progress? In this sweeping analysis, Backgrounder assesses the varied pressures at play at the coming COP28, along with tips for covering it, from up close or afar.
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"In New Scramble for Africa, an Arab Sheikh Is Taking the Lead"
"A company established by a Dubai sheikh is finalizing agreements with African nations to manage vast tracts of their forests and sell the carbon credits. Critics are concerned the deals will not benefit Africans and will just help foreign governments perpetuate high emissions."
Source: YaleE360, 08/31/2023
"UN Climate Summit Host UAE Failed To Report Methane Emissions To UN"
"The United Arab Emirates, which will run the crucial Cop28 UN climate summit in December, has failed to report its emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas methane to the UN for almost a decade, the Guardian can reveal."
Source: Guardian, 08/18/2023
"Host of U.N. Climate Summit Moves To 'Counteract All Negative Press'"
"The United Arab Emirates has hired a strategic communications firm to “counteract all negative press and media reports” about its role in hosting the next United Nations climate summit, known as COP28, according to federal disclosure filings reviewed by The Climate 202."
Source: Washington Post, 08/11/2023
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