Sultan Al Jaber, the president of the UN Cop28 climate summit, has hit back strongly at reports he abused his position to try to sign oil deals with other governments, as the United Arab Emirates prepares to host the biggest Cop meeting yet.



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Former US vice president Al Gore said the allegations fulfilled some of these "worst fears" while former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres said Jaber had been caught "red handed". Supporters say Jaber's unique profile presents an opportunity to broker a compromise between opposing sides during the two-week talks.

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A BBC report said the UAE planned to use its role as host of UN climate talks to strike oil and gas deals.

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COP28 President-designate Sultan Al Jaber described as “false” reports earlier this week that alleged the UAE, planned to use climate talks to further oil and gas deals

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COP28 President Al Jaber denies allegations of using climate summit to strike fossil fuel deals

The allegations against Sultan Al Jaber, who is also CEO of his country's oil giant ADNOC, have fanned long-running suspicions over the wisdom of a petrostate hosting the COP28 talks

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The COP28 president-designate Sultan Al Jaber has strongly denied accusations that his team sought to use the international climate talks in Dubai to strike fossil fuel deals for the UAE’s state-owned oil and gas company.

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Sultan Al Jaber, who is also CEO of his country’s oil giant ADNOC, denied reports he used his position as Cop28 president to pitch new oil and gas investments to governments.

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Dr Sultan Al Jaber says the reports are an attempt to undermine the work of the COP28 presidency. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Al Jaber Denies Using COP28 Presidency to Make Oil and Gas Deals

Sultan Al Jaber, who heads up the UAE state oil company ADNOC and is running this year's COP28 climate talks, seeks to quell storm after being accused of attempting to line up oil deals at the summit.

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COP28 president Sultan Al Jaber denies claims UAE would use climate talks to strike oil deals

The UN climate summit is taking place in Dubai, where the spotlight will be on divisions over whether to phase out fossil fuels or work to reduce their impact.

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