Heat on UAE to give COP28 ambitious edge we need

Road to COP28: Sultan al Jaber, the United Arab Emirates' COP28 President-Designate, will be helming complicated discussions in November. Sultan al Jaber, the United Arab Emirates' COP28 President-Designate, will be helming complicated discussions in November. — Flickr/CC BY 2.0 DEED

THE world’s premier climate change conference next month will be hosted by a country among those arguably with the most to lose from more ambitious climate action.

The global community is required to take ambitious actions to respond to climate change but host the United Arab Emirates might be one of those most challenged by the need to broker a faster shift away from high-emission fuels.