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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Damian Carrington Environment editor

Cop28 host UAE breaking its own ban on routine gas flaring, data shows

Gas flaring
Flaring is the burning of extracted gas that is not captured and sold. Photograph: Alexey Solodov

State-run oil and gas fields in the United Arab Emirates have been flaring gas virtually daily despite having committed 20 years ago to a policy of zero routine flaring, the Guardian can reveal.

The UAE is hosting the UN Cop28 summit, which starts on 30 November, and Sultan Al Jaber, the CEO of the state oil company Adnoc, will preside over the international negotiations to urgently tackle the climate crisis.

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