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View In: UAEExclusive: at least 12 officials at body hosting Cop28 appear to have come straight from fossil fuel...

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U.S. lawmakers ask Kerry to urge UAE to replace oil boss as COP28 president

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‘Ridiculous’: Greta Thunberg slams decision to allow UAE oil chief to chair climate talks | Davos 2023

She said at an event on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting Davos that lobbyists have been influencing these conferences “since, essentially, forever”.

“It puts a very clear face on her,” she added. “This is completely absurd.”

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74% of youth in UAE say climate change affects their lives: EAD survey

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Climate crisis | The Guardian
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Let’s face reality. Fossil fuel interests have destroyed the Cops – we need something new

It beggars belief that the UN thought it a good idea to allow an authoritarian petro-state to host an already compromised Cop28

The battle has largely been fought under the radar, but it has been going on for some time. And those who fly the fossil-fuel flag are on the brink of victory. The attack began seriously to gain ground at Cop25

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Advocates have warned that the UAE has not made clear how it plans to reach its stated goal of being carbon neutral by 2050, especially as it plans to increase production of crude oil by a million barrels per day

drew comparisons from Progressive International leader Yanis Varoufaki to naming "a jihadist to oversee religious tolerance" or "a Nazi to oversee racial harmony"

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