More than 100 US lawmakers and members of the European parliament have called for removal of the head of the United Arab Emirates’ state-owned oil company Adnoc as the president-designate of the UN COP28 climate summit this year.
The UAE, as the host country for COP28, earlier this year appointed Sultan al-Jaber to lead the climate summit to be held in Dubai from the end of November.
In a joint letter addressed to UN officials, and US and European leaders including US President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, the lawmakers call for the UAE to withdraw Jaber’s appointment as his position as an oil executive risked “undermining the negotiations”.