UAE joins India's Global Biofuel Alliance on clean energy ahead of COP28

The UAE minister of energy and infrastructure announced Wednesday that his country is a willing participant in the global alliance and has been investing heavily in biofuels.

Salim A. Essaid
Salim A. Essaid
OPEC President UAE Energy Minister Suhail al-Mazrouei (C) speaks as he sits with Minister of Energy of Russia Alexander Novak (left) and OPEC Secretary General Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo (r) of Nigeria during a meeting at the headquarters of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) with OPEC members and non-OPEC members in Vienna, Austria on December 7, 2018. (Photo by JOE KLAMAR / AFP) (Photo credit should read JOE KLAMAR/AFP via Getty Images)
OPEC President UAE Energy Minister Suhail al-Mazrouei (C) speaks as he sits with Minister of Energy of Russia Alexander Novak (L) and OPEC Secretary General Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo (R) of Nigeria during a meeting at the headquarters of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) with OPEC members and non-OPEC members in Vienna, Austria, on Dec. 7, 2018. — JOE KLAMAR/AFP via Getty Images

DUBAI — The United Arab Emirates joined the India-led Global Biofuel Alliance on Wednesday, as the Gulf country prepares to host the COP28 United Nations climate summit in November. 

Suhail bin Mohammed Al Mazrouei, the UAE minister of energy and infrastructure, shared the official announcement via his Twitter account. 

“The UAE has joined the Global Biofuels Alliance, founded by India, the UK, and the USA with the aim of developing and promoting the use of sustainable and advanced biofuels,” he wrote on Twitter Wednesday. 

By joining the alliance first established in February, the UAE becomes the first Middle Eastern and Gulf country to enter the group. The alliance is focused on fostering cooperation and intensifying the use of sustainable fossil fuels, especially in the transportation sector, according to India’s government Press Information Bureau. Brazil, the United States, the UK and India — the leading biofuel producers and consumers — are members of the alliance. 

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