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January 27, 2023

450+ Groups Condemn Choice of Oil Executive to Lead COP28 U.N. Climate Summit
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In more climate news, over 450 environmental and human rights groups
have condemned the appointment of an oil company executive to lead the
COP28 U.N. climate summit in the United Arab Emirates later this year.
Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber heads the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company. Members
of the Kick Big Polluters Out network wrote in an open letter to top
U.N. officials, "There is no honor in appointing a fossil fuel executive
who profits immensely off of fueling the climate crisis to oversee the
global response to climate change. That such a move could ever be seen
to be legitimate amidst an intensifying climate crisis where millions of
lives and ecosystems are on the line exemplifies just how insidious Big
Polluters' stranglehold over climate policy is."


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