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"Four years after taking the World Economic Forum by storm, Greta Thunberg
returned to Davos on Thursday to blast the United Arab Emirates for appointing
the head of its state-owned oil company to chair the Cop28 climate talks later
this year.
Thunberg said it was “completely ridiculous” that Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber, chief
executive of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), will preside over the
next round of global climate talks in Dubai in November.
She told an event on the sidelines of the WEF’s annual meeting in Davos that
lobbyists have been influencing these conferences “since, basically, forever”.
“This just puts a very clear face to it,” she added. “It’s completely
ridiculous.”
Luisa Neubauer, a German climate activist, also called the move “ridiculous”,
but not a new development, as lobbyists had flocked to the last Cop meeting in
Egypt.
Helena Gualinga, from an Indigenous community in the Amazon rainforest in
Ecuador, said UAE’s move sent the message that the climate issue was not being
taken seriously.
“I just think it sends a message of where we’re headed right now, if we’re
putting the heads of fossil fuel companies to lead climate negotiations,”
Gualinga said."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
