Original version

BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East

Newshour

News

Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.

BBC World Service Australasia

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa Schedule

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa

BBC World Service Online

BBC World Service schedule for American satellite radio and the Caribbean

BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean

BBC World Service

BBC World Service South Asia

BBC World Service News Internet

BBC World Service West and Central Africa Schedule

BBC World Service West and Central Africa

BBC World Service East Asia

Newshour: 12/01/2023 14:06 GMT: UAE names oil chief to lead COP28 talks

Magazines & Reviews

12/01/2023 14:06 GMT

12/01/2023 14:06 GMT: UAE names oil chief to lead COP28 talks

UAE names oil chief to lead COP28 talks

BBC World Service - Newshour, UAE names oil chief to lead COP28 talks

Campaigners say Sultan al-Jaber must resign from the firm to avoid a conflict of interest

Campaigners say Sultan al-Jaber must resign from the firm to avoid a conflict of interest.

Environmental campaigners have criticised the UAE's decision to appoint the CEO of one of the world's biggest oil companies as president of this year's UN climate summit in Dubai. They say that Sultan Al Jaber must resign from the firm to avoid a conflict of interest. 

Also in the programme: the IMF is warning of a looming debt crisis that could see many low-income countries at risk of default, and tens of millions facing extreme hunger; and the Italian judge helping children escape organised crime families.

(Photo: Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber, the CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company. Credit: Getty Images)

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Newshour

12/01/2023 14:06 GMT: UAE names oil chief to lead COP28 talks

Genres

Formats

Brand

BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East

About BBC World Service