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In July, Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber - CEO of ADNOC and President of COP 28 - said that nations attending the UN summit in Dubai "must be brutally honest" about "all emissions, everywhere. [Scope] 1, 2, and 3." | In July, Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber - CEO of ADNOC and President of COP 28 - said that nations attending the UN summit he is hosting in Dubai "must be brutally honest" about "all emissions, everywhere. [Scope] 1, 2, and 3." | ||
The following month, a [[Global Witness]] investigation published in August 2023 revealed that the ADNOC was responsible for 14 times more planet-heating carbon emissions last year than it reported.<ref>https://www.commondreams.org/news/adnoc-emissions</ref><ref>https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/fossil-gas/cop28-presidents-oil-firm-failing-to-acknowledge-full-extent-of-their-carbon-footprint/</ref> | The following month, a [[Global Witness]] investigation published in August 2023 revealed that the ADNOC was responsible for 14 times more planet-heating carbon emissions last year than it reported.<ref>https://www.commondreams.org/news/adnoc-emissions</ref><ref>https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/fossil-gas/cop28-presidents-oil-firm-failing-to-acknowledge-full-extent-of-their-carbon-footprint/</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:17, 12 August 2023
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) is the state-owned oil company of the United Arab Emirates, and the 11th-largest fossil fuel company in the world.
ADNOC is directed by Emirati Minister of Industry Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, who is currently presiding over a massive expansion of the company with a plan to boost production by the equivalent of over 7.5 billion barrels of oil in the coming years - the world's fifth-largest increase.[1]
COP 28
In July, Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber - CEO of ADNOC and President of COP 28 - said that nations attending the UN summit he is hosting in Dubai "must be brutally honest" about "all emissions, everywhere. [Scope] 1, 2, and 3."
The following month, a Global Witness investigation published in August 2023 revealed that the ADNOC was responsible for 14 times more planet-heating carbon emissions last year than it reported.[2][3]
Sources
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/04/revealed-uae-plans-huge-oil-and-gas-expansion-as-it-hosts-un-climate-summit
- ↑ https://www.commondreams.org/news/adnoc-emissions
- ↑ https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/fossil-gas/cop28-presidents-oil-firm-failing-to-acknowledge-full-extent-of-their-carbon-footprint/