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UAE Sought To Use COP28 To Advance Oil Deals: Report

COP28 climate change summit president Ahmed Al Jaber is also head of the UAE's state oil company and state renewable energy firm (Credit: AFP)

The United Arab Emirates planned to exploit meetings with foreign governments arranged due to its COP28 hosting role to strike fossil fuel deals, according to leaked documents obtained by the BBC.

The leaked briefing notes, obtained by journalists at the Centre for Climate Reporting (CCR) working alongside the British broadcaster, were prepared by the UAE's COP28 team for summit president Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber ahead of meetings with foreign governments between July and October this year.

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