Sultan al-Jaber, CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co, who will lead international climate talks later this year told energy industry power players on Monday that the world must cut emissions 7 per cent every year and eliminate all emissions of methane, strong comments for an oil executive. But speaking at
Sultan al-Jaber, CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co, who will lead international climate talks later this year told energy industry power players on Monday that the world must cut emissions 7 per cent every year and eliminate all emissions of methane, strong comments for an oil executive.
Al-Jaber singled out electricity, cement. steel and aluminium as targets for clean up, but not trucks, cars, trains and aircraft. He called for far greater investment to speed the transition to cleaner industries. Each year, nations gather at COP to discuss how Paris Agreement goals to limit global warming to just 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2050, can be achieved through international collaboration.
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