Should the UAE host a big climate summit?

As the world’s attention turns to this year’s COP summit in the
UAE, questions remain about the host country and conference
president.


It’s not the first time that an oil-producing country has hosted
the climate change summit. But some environmental campaigners are
unhappy about COP28 being held in the United Arab Emirates, and
the choice of conference president, Dr. Sultan Al-Jaber – the CEO
of the national oil company, ADNOC.


However, supporters say that the country is extremely vulnerable
to the effects of climate change, so it has as much of a right to
host the conference as anyone else. Meanwhile, Dr Al-Jaber boasts
considerable experience working in renewables – having previously
run the UAE’s renewable energy company MASDAR.


So what’s really going on? To find out more, presenter Graihagh
Jackson is joined by:


Sam Fenwick, presenter of the BBC World Service programme
‘Business Daily’ Fiona Harvey, Environment editor at The Guardian
Zeina Khalil Hajj, Head of Global Campaigning and Organising at
350.org Mia Moisio, climate policy expert at New Climate
Institute and Climate Action Tracker


Producer: Ben Cooper Researchers: Shorouk Elkobrosi and Octavia
Woodward Series Producer: Simon Watts Editor: China Collins Sound
engineer: Tom Brignell Production co-ordinators: Jacqui Johnson
and Sophie Hill