LONDON: The United Arab Emirates planned to exploit meetings with foreign governments arranged due to its COP28 hosting role to strike fossil fuel deals, according to leaked documents obtained by the BBC.
When the Seychelles government announced it would allow a Canadian company to explore for oil in its waters in September 2022, it said it hoped it would never have to extract the oil.
The UAE's state-owned company, whose CEO will lead the talks, is pledging lofty climate goals. But it has a "high" probability of failing to meet them, a document obtained by POLITICO's E&E News says.