'Diversify and future proof': COP28 President urges oil and gas firms to decarbonise faster

Cecilia Keating
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'Diversify and future proof': COP28 President urges oil and gas firms to decarbonise faster

Sultan Al-Jaber claims he has 'full confidence' oil and gas industry can drive solutions to climate crisis

COP28 President-Designate Sultan Al-Jaber has called on the oil and gas industry to play a more proactive role in the clean energy transition and challenge the widespread "view" it is not doing enough...

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