Christian Aid: UAE hosting COP28 and COP29 climate talks 'totally unacceptable'

Mariana Paoli

Source: Christian Aid

It is being reported that hosts of this year's COP28 climate summit, the United Arab Emirates, has offered to host next year's COP29 talks as well.

Responding to this, Mariana Paoli, Head of Global Advocacy at Christian Aid, said: "There's already too many fossil fuel lobbyists interfering with the climate negotiations. Last year at COP27 there were 636 registered, more than any single national delegation apart from the UAE. We need to draw a line in the sand and see these interests removed from the talks, not allow one of the world's biggest oil producers the job of hosting the meeting two years running. It is totally unacceptable."