‘Ridiculous’: Greta Thunberg blasts decision to let UAE oil boss chair climate talks
by Graeme Wearden in Davos from Environment | The Guardian on (#6802M)
Climate activist at Davos says lobbyists have been influencing conferences since forever'
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.
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