Al-Suwaidi gave conflicting comments about the future of the fossil fuel phase-out language, which at one point he said “doesn't work.”
Disagreements over future of planet-warming fossil fuels at U.N. climate talks in Dubai
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“We need to have oil and gas, we need to have industry, we need to have aviation, we need to have shipping, we need to have all the hard to abate sectors," he said, adding: “We need all those who can to deliver what they can, regardless of who they are.”
Emirati hosts want U.N. climate talks to deliver 'game-changing results,' with big oil at the table
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