Including energy leaders made COP28 climate summit more meaningful, says Jaber

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DUBAI (Reuters) -COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber said on Monday that bringing the energy sector to the table at the U.N. climate summit that was hosted by Dubai in December made the action agenda more meaningful...

History will remember that this was the first COP that agreed to transition away from fossil fuels, Jaber said at the World Government Summit in Dubai...

Representatives from nearly 200 countries had agreed at the COP28 climate summit to begin reducing global consumption of fossil fuels to avert the worst of climate change...

Climate activists had criticised the summit being held in the United Arab Emirates, a leading oil exporter and member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)...

We produce less than one-fifth of the largest producer of oil in the world, the United States, he said.. Jaber also said the UAE would be launching the COP Presidencies Troika, along with Azerbaijan the host of COP29 and Brazil the host of COP30 ,to maintain momentum...

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