Good morning.
I spent the week in Abu Dhabi, trying to avoid the sweltering heat and preparing for the Fortune Global Forum, which we are holding here November 27-29. I leave deeply impressed with the focus this small nation has brought to the two transcendent business challenges of our times.
The first is the transition away from carbon-emitting energy sources. As an oil rich nation, some might think the UAE would resist that transition. But instead, it has embraced it as an existential necessity. I spoke with Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, who runs the Abu Dhabi National Oil Corporation and also will preside over the COP 28 meeting in Dubai immediately following the Forum. His message to business leaders:
