Bloomberg: Sultan Al-Jaber is the ally the climate movement needs

 The selection of Dr. Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber as the president-designate of cop28 was a historic step at a very important stage, given the negative effects that the world is experiencing due to climate change.

On January 12, under the guidance of Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the presidential Court, issued a decision to appoint Dr. Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Special Envoy for climate change, as the designated chairman of the twenty-eighth session of the conference of the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on climate change “COP28”.

The choice has received many regional and international accolades, at a time when the UAE is committed to the goal of the Paris agreement to limit the warming of the planet below the level of 1.5 degrees Celsius.