Climate groups decry selection of oil chief to oversee COP28

BY DREW COSTLEY
AP Science Writer

Hundreds of climate and environmental groups from around the world released a letter Thursday that decried the nomination of an oil executive to oversee the United Nations climate negotiations at COP28. Earlier this month, the United Arab Emirates, host of the U.N. climate talks this year, named Sultan al-Jaber to the presidency of the conference. The company he runs as chief executive, the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co., produces 4 million barrels of crude oil per day and hopes to expand to 5 million daily by the end of the decade. Activists said the selection of Al Jaber “threatens the legitimacy and efficacy” of the conference.