UAE's Sultan Al Jaber, COP28 head, calls for 7% emissions cut, swifter energy transition
The Emirates’ Industry and Advanced Technology Minister Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber talked about the importance of carbon capture and hydrogen at the CERAWeek conference.
A top official from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) called on the international community to do more to embrace renewable energy at a conference on Monday, advocating an annual cut of 7% in emissions, while eliminating all emissions of methane.
“Houston, we have a problem and failure is not an option,” said UAE Industry and Advanced Technology Minister Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, who will lead international climate talks later this year as president-designate of the COP28 climate summit.
Jaber spoke at CERAWeek in the southern US city of Houston. The event was held by the American financial information giant S&P Global, with hundreds of attendees from the energy sector.
Jaber is a major figure in the UAE’s energy sector and also heads the Emirati renewable energy firm Masdar and Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC).
