Sunday, 26 November 2023
Making Sense of the Oil Kingdom’s Climate Summit - Bloomberg podcast
Making Sense of the Oil Kingdom’s Climate Summit - Bloomberg
COP28 begins in Dubai on Thursday, with around 70,000 people expected to attend the behemoth climate conference. The Zero podcast team will be on the ground, meeting leaders and experts helping shape the outcome of the summit. Catch up on recent episodes of the podcast that look at what might be achieved at the summit, and the key technologies and policies being discussed.
The man in front of the curtain
COP28 is one of the most controversial climate summits in recent memory. It is being hosted by the United Arab Emirates, an oil-dependent nation, and the president of the summit, Sultan Al Jaber, is also the head of the state oil company. Little is publicly known about Al Jaber, despite the pivotal role he will play in shaping the ambition and outcome of this climate summit. Earlier this year, Zero host Akshat Rathi spent months tracking down Al Jaber to write a profile, and is one of the few journalists who have managed to interview him. In this episode of Zero, Rathi talks with Bloomberg Green editor Aaron Rutkoff about how Al Jaber is likely to shape the summit, and what role fossil fuel companies will play in the negotiations. They also decode COP jargon like “orderly phase down,” discuss the stakes for the UAE’s biggest ever diplomatic exercise and expectations for the final communiqué.
COP28 begins in Dubai on Thursday, with around 70,000 people expected to attend the behemoth climate conference. The Zero podcast team will be on the ground, meeting leaders and experts helping shape the outcome of the summit. Catch up on recent episodes of the podcast that look at what might be achieved at the summit, and the key technologies and policies being discussed.
The man in front of the curtain
COP28 is one of the most controversial climate summits in recent memory. It is being hosted by the United Arab Emirates, an oil-dependent nation, and the president of the summit, Sultan Al Jaber, is also the head of the state oil company. Little is publicly known about Al Jaber, despite the pivotal role he will play in shaping the ambition and outcome of this climate summit. Earlier this year, Zero host Akshat Rathi spent months tracking down Al Jaber to write a profile, and is one of the few journalists who have managed to interview him. In this episode of Zero, Rathi talks with Bloomberg Green editor Aaron Rutkoff about how Al Jaber is likely to shape the summit, and what role fossil fuel companies will play in the negotiations. They also decode COP jargon like “orderly phase down,” discuss the stakes for the UAE’s biggest ever diplomatic exercise and expectations for the final communiqué.