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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Imran Marashli

UAE: Fossil Fuel Power And COP28 Host

Gleaming skyscrapers have sprouted from the once barren desert (Credit: AFP)

A gas-guzzling fossil fuel exporter trying to spearhead more ambitious climate action, the United Arab Emirates remains heavily dependent on hydrocarbons for its prosperity.

The UAE may be a small country of only nine million inhabitants but it emitted 237 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) in 2021, according to the Global Carbon Atlas -- without including methane and other greenhouse gas emissions.

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