COP28 was exceptional challenge amid global divisions, Al Jaber says


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  • Monday, 15 Jan 2024

FILE PHOTO United Arab Emirates Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and COP28 President Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber attends a plenary session after a draft of a negotiation deal was released at the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28 in Dubai United Arab Emirates December 13 2023. REUTERSAmr AlfikyFILE PHOTO

FILE PHOTO: United Arab Emirates Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and COP28 President Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber attends a plenary session, after a draft of a negotiation deal was released, at the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 13, 2023. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky/FILE PHOTO

DUBAI (Reuters) - Hosting the COP28 U.N. climate summit was an "exceptional challenge" amid global divisions, its president, the UAE's Sultan Al Jaber, said in an interview with state news agency WAM.

"Despite the skepticism about the ability of an oil-producing country to host the climate conference, our response was to focus on work and progress to achieve the desired results and create radical, positive change," WAM quoted Al Jaber as saying.

(Reporting by Ahmed Elimam; Writing by Yousef Saba; Editing by Peter Graff)

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