Dubai hosting Cop28 summit ‘is cartoon-level absurd’

The Emirati Minister of State and CEO of Abu Dhabi's state-run Abu Dhabi National Oil Co, Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber.  Picture: AP

Dubai hosting the UN's Cop28 climate change summit this year is akin to "putting the Marlboro Man in charge of the smoking ban" and a "fossil fuel sham", leading Irish environmental campaigners have said.

Reports emanating from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) this week, verified by the Financial Times, say that UAE authorities have warned they will not tolerate dissent and protest at the annual global climate summit.