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UAE planned to make oil and gas deals during COP 28

Leaked documents show UAE planned talks about fossil fuels with 15 countries at the UN climate conference its hosting

Leaked documents revealed that UAE, hosts of the UN climate change conference COP 28, were planning to hold oil and gas talks with 15 countries. The documents were obtained by independent journalists at the Centre for Climate Reporting working alongside the 91Èȱ¬. Also, on the show what is a shadow bank and why one in China is under investigation. Spain has opened Europe’s first green hydrogen centre in a step to move away from fossil fuels.

(Picture:H.E. Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, President-Designate of COP28, the UAE's Minister for Industry and Advanced Technology, UAE Climate Change Special Envoy and Managing Director and Group CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), speaks during the opening ceremony of the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC) in Abu Dhabi.Credit: ALI HAIDER/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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