The president of this year’s COP28 climate talks, who heads one of the world’s biggest oil companies, on Saturday urged a focus on lower emissions, warning global energy needs were set to accelerate.
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates —
“As long as the world still uses hydrocarbons, we must ensure they are the least carbon intensive possible,” Al Jaber told the Global Energy Forum in Abu Dhabi, two days after his unveiling as COP president. The Gulf monarchy argues that oil remains indispensable to the global economy and is pushing the merits of carbon capture — removing carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, as fuel is burned or from the air.
“We are way off track. The world is playing catch up when it comes to the key Paris goal of holding global temperatures down to 1.5 degrees ,” he said.
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