The United Arab Emirates, a leading oil producer, has been chosen as the venue for cop28, the latest climate summit convened by the United Nations. This decision has sparked outrage among environmentalists, who believe it favors Big Oil. However, the region itself is vulnerable to climate change, with water and food shortages and extreme heat.
The United Arab Emirates , venue for cop28, the latest climate summit convened by the United Nations, is a controversial choice. Some 70,000 climate advocates, diplomats and other hangers-on will attend an event that begins on November 30th in Dubai, one of the gleaming cities built on wealth that fossil fuels have brought to the region. The fact that the world’s most important climate gathering will be hosted by a leading oil producer has sparked outrage among environmentalists.
That the summit’s president, Sultan Al Jaber, runs adnoc, the uae’s national oil company (noc), is proof, whisper conspiracists, that the fix is in on behalf of Big Oil. Yet from Abu Dhabi on the Persian Gulf, the shipping route to global markets for the world’s greatest concentration of oil reserves, to Fujairah on the Gulf of Oman, an entrepot abuzz with tankers carrying Russian oil evading Western sanctions, comes a sense of vulnerability to climate change. The region is short on water and home-grown food. The rising heat of summer is becoming inhuman
United Arab Emirates COP28 Climate Summit Controversy Oil Producer Environmentalists Vulnerability Water Shortage Food Shortage Extreme Heat
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