Should the UAE host a big climate summit?
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As the world\\u2019s attention turns to this year\\u2019s COP summit in the UAE, questions remain about the host country and conference president.
It\\u2019s not the first time that an oil-producing country has hosted the climate change summit. But some environmental campaigners are unhappy about COP28 being held in the United Arab Emirates, and the choice of conference president, Dr. Sultan Al-Jaber \\u2013 the CEO of the national oil company, ADNOC.
However, supporters say that the country is extremely vulnerable to the effects of climate change, so it has as much of a right to host the conference as anyone else. Meanwhile, Dr Al-Jaber boasts considerable experience working in renewables \\u2013 having previously run the UAE\\u2019s renewable energy company MASDAR.
So what\\u2019s really going on? To find out more, presenter Graihagh Jackson is joined by:
Sam Fenwick, presenter of the BBC World Service programme \\u2018Business Daily\\u2019 \\nFiona Harvey, Environment editor at The Guardian \\nZeina Khalil Hajj, Head of Global Campaigning and Organising at 350.org \\nMia Moisio, climate policy expert at New Climate Institute and Climate Action Tracker
Producer: Ben Cooper \\nResearchers: Shorouk Elkobrosi and Octavia Woodward \\nSeries Producer: Simon Watts \\nEditor: China Collins \\nSound engineer: Tom Brignell \\nProduction co-ordinators: Jacqui Johnson and Sophie Hill
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