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Road To COP28: Challenges For The UAE Chair

Ng Wai Mun, Assistant Editor, Eco-Business

25-Jul-23 09:30

Road To COP28: Challenges For The UAE Chair

With 5 months to go until the United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, all eyes are on the UAE and the summit's President-designate, Sultan Al Jaber, whose ties to the oil and gas industry are viewed with deep suspicion by activist circles. How might these dynamics affect the outcome of the summit? We get a preview of expectations for COP28 with Ng Wai Mun of sustainability news portal Eco-Business.

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Produced by: Shazana Mokhtar

Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar


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Categories:  Law/Activism,  environment,  international

Tags:  cop28,  uae,  united nations climate change conference, 


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