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Sultan al-Jaber: the UAE oil boss steering COP28

results driven

DUBAI: Sultan al-Jaber, the United Arab Emirates oil chief executive and leader of COP28 climate talks, has a formidable reputation for earnestly pursuing results.

His position as leader of state energy giant Adnoc has alarmed environmental critics concerned over his commitment to maintaining a role for fossil fuels in the energy transition, but his supporters say he has an ability to get things done and straddle divides that will deliver climate action.

When marathon deliberations in Egypt’s picturesque city of Aswan last month struggled to reach an agreement on a fund to help countries recover from damage caused by climate change, Jaber leapt in.

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