Al Gore criticized the United Arab Emirates for hosting a United Nations climate conference and appointing an oil executive to serve as the summit’s president, saying the move was “ridiculous” and “a direct conflict of interests.”
The former vice president made the comments on CNN’s State of the Union after visiting the COP28 Climate Change Conference and in reaction to remarks made by conference president Sultan al-Jaber, CEO of UAE state oil company ADNOC. al-Jaber said at an event last month that there is “no science” behind the calls for a phase out of fossil fuels to prevent 1.5 degrees Celsius of global temperature increases. al-Jaber has said the comments were “misinterpreted,” but experts told The Guardian that his words are “incredibly concerning” and “verging on climate denial.”
“Can you explain why on earth a climate conference…
