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Published 2023-12-05
The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, more commonly referred to as COP28, is the 28th United Nations Climate Change conference, being held from 30 November until 12 December 2023 at Expo City, Dubai.
The conference has been held annually since the first UN climate agreement in 1992. The COP conferences are intended for governments to agree on policies to limit global temperature rises and adapt to impacts associated with climate change.
The conference has been widely criticized, both regarding the leader of the summit, as well as the choice of the United Arab Emirates as the host country, given its dubious and opaque environmental record, and role as a major producer of fossil fuels.
President of the summit, Sultan Al Jaber, is the CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), leading to concerns over conflict of interest.
Over 100 members of the US Congress and EU parliament have called for the United Arab Emirates to vacate Jaber from the position.
Claims of greenwashing of Jaber on Wikipedia through paid editing, the legal inability to criticize Emirati corporations in the UAE, covert access to conference emails by Adnoc, and the invitation of Syrian dictator Bashar Al-Assad have all raised concerns regarding the integrity of the conference.
Organized bot farms intended on defending Jaber and the UAE were also uncovered in June of 2023.
On the 21st of November, Jaber stated that there was "no science" behind fossil fuel phase-out.
Six days later, leaked documents appeared to show plans for the UAE to use the conference to strike new fossil fuel deals with other nations, sparking international outcry.
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