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Who is the UAE sheikh behind deals to manage vast areas of African forest?

Through the firm Blue Carbon, Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook al-Maktoum’s carbon offsetting deals, which could one day be worth billions, have led to questions about previous business ventures

The Guardian - UK

The new ‘scramble for Africa’: how a UAE sheikh quietly made carbon deals for forests bigger than UK

Exploratory agreements struck with African states that are home to crucial wildlife havens and biodiversity hotspots, for land that represents billions of dollars in potential carbon offsetting revenue

The Guardian - UK

Nations Urged To Take 'Great Leaps' At UN Climate Talks

The two-week-long climate negotiations being held this year in the glitzy Gulf city come at a pivotal moment, with emissions still rising and this year likely to be the hottest in human history.

International Business Times

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Who’s who at Cop28: the leaders with the world’s future in their hands

From fossil fuel chiefs to an outspoken UN secretary general, a look at who will attend the UAE’s climate summit

The Guardian - UK

COP28 president denies UAE using UN climate talks to seek oil deals

Investigation finds Emirati president of talks, who is also an oil executive, using his role to push fossil fuel deals.

Al Jazeera

COP28: oil pushers scrape the barrel as critical climate talks begin in Dubai

Days before the latest climate summit is due to begin in Dubai, the first flight powered entirely by “sustainable aviation fuel” landed safely in New York.

The Conversation

COP28: four key issues that will dominate the latest UN climate summit

The United Nations Environment Programme recently published a report with an unusually strong title for a UN body: “Emissions Gap Report 2023: Broken Record – Temperatures hit new highs, yet world fails to cut emissions (again)”. Yet again, it highlights how far countries are off track from safeguarding the planet…

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‘Enough of endless delays’: will Cop28 force a course change for the world?

A potential peak in greenhouse gas emissions, methane efforts and climate finance are among the reasons for optimism

The Guardian - UK

UAE To Pump CO2 Into Rock As Carbon Capture Debate Rages

High in remote mountains in the oil-rich United Arab Emirates, a new plant will soon take atmospheric CO2 and pump it into rock -- part of controversial attempts to target planet-heating emissions without abandoning fossil fuels.

International Business Times

The UAE's leading AI CEO addresses bombshell New York Times report alleging China ties, says he didn't finish reading the story

"It’s correct that we all need to pay attention to the proper development of AI, and ultimately what we use AI for," G42's Peng Xiao said at Fortune's Global Forum in Abu Dhabi.

Fortune

Emirati-designated COP28 leader forcefully denies report UAE wanted to seek oil deals in summit

The Emirati president-designate for the upcoming United Nations COP28 climate talks has forcefully denied a report alleging his nation planned to use the summit to strike oil and gas deal, a day before the summit was due to being

The Independent UK

What is Cop28 and why does it matter?

UN climate summit begins in Dubai on 30 November and will readdress finance for loss and damage

The Guardian - UK

All the influence UAE can buy? Oil money and the growing clout of UN climate summit hosts

The planet is burning up, humanity's addiction to fossil fuels is to blame and the host of a crucial UN climate summit is the United Arab Emirates, a Gulf petromonarchy whose stated aim is a 25 percent ramping up of activity at its state oil company ADNOC.

France 24

World's first AI minister likens risk of overregulation to calligraphers that kept the printing press out of the Middle East for nearly 200 years

In his 1515 rejection of the printing press, an Ottoman sultan brought the golden age of Islamic math and science to an abrupt end.

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The Guardian - UK

Brilliant: a Cop28 to save the planet – staged by oil barons who imperil it

The UAE will have its moment of glory while the UK press worries more about petrostate money buying the Telegraph, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

International Business Times

India Demands Action, Not Words For Climate Funding Ahead Of PM Modi Attending COP28

India's Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman demanded action instead of words because the funding required to address climate change is a challenge, particularly for developing economies.

Al Jazeera

UN COP28: What to know about the climate summit in Dubai

Climate financing and reining in fossil fuels are to top the agenda of the 2023 climate change summit to be held in UAE.

International Business Times

Court Prohibits Binance's CZ From Leaving US After Guilty Plea

This is not the only trouble Zhao could be facing in the days leading to his prison sentencing. A court filing by DOJ lawyers on Saturday revealed they might argue the Binance founder should be sentenced to up to 10 years in prison.

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UK Government To Intervene In the Telegraph Takeover Deal As Tories Worry About the Newspaper's Operations

Several Tory MPs have urged the UK government to intervene in the Telegraph takeover deal by UAE-backed investment fund, resulting in the Media Secretary writing a hard-hitting letter to the involved parties.

The Guardian - UK

Former world leaders seek $25bn levy on oil states’ revenues to pay for climate damage

Gordon Brown leads those signing letter to Cop28 and G20 presidents calling for levy to help fill ‘loss and damage’ fund

International Business Times

Countdown To COP28: Nuclear Energy, Climate Finance And Oil Take Center Stage

Memoranda of understanding have been signed, greenwashing claims have been made. Quite a bit is at stake in the coming weeks in Dubai.

Newcastle Herald

Journalist Joanne McCarthy thanked for fearless reporting

Walkley Awards recognises McCarthy's investigative work.

The Conversation

COP28: inside the United Arab Emirates, the oil giant hosting 2023 climate change summit

The United Arab Emirates (UAE), the world’s seventh largest oil producer, will host the 28th UN climate change summit (COP28) in Dubai from November 30 to December 12. Presiding over the conference will be the chief executive of the UAE state-owned oil company Adnoc, Sultan al-Jaber.

International Business Times

Trauma, Injury Aboard UAE Flight Carrying Palestinian Children

Injured by Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, ten-year-old Mira can no longer speak or walk, a condition her sister hopes will improve with advanced treatment in a UAE hospital.

The Guardian - UK

Cop28 host UAE planned to promote oil deals during climate talks

Leaked briefing documents for meetings with governments contained ‘asks’ from state oil firm

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