Expo City, Dubai, a showpiece of UAE oil wealth, hosts COP28 this month, with five main aims on the agenda:
With 167 world leaders, including the Pope and King Charles III, and donβt forget the not insignificant entourage which goes with each attendee, flying in from all around the globe for 12 days of wining, dining and sidelining, itβs now clear for all to see what it is and always has been - a freebie junket for the pampered establishment. With their distinct lack of vision and political will combined with reports that UAE is planning to use its role as the host as an opportunity to strike oil and gas deals, itβs only a matter of time before we smash through the 1.5Β°C ceiling set at COP26 just two years ago.
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