The annual UN climate summit is being held in the United Arab Emirates, a major oil producer. And the president of the meeting is Sultan al-Jaber, the CEO of the national oil company. As the COP28 climate summit nears its end, host Marco Werman speaks with reporter Alec Luhn, who’s been at the meetings, about the role the oil and gas industry has been playing there.
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