{"id":34612,"date":"2023-12-12T14:55:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T14:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/arab-officials-attack-bids-to-phase-out-fossil-fuels-at-cop28\/"},"modified":"2023-12-12T14:55:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T14:55:05","slug":"arab-officials-attack-bids-to-phase-out-fossil-fuels-at-cop28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/arab-officials-attack-bids-to-phase-out-fossil-fuels-at-cop28\/","title":{"rendered":"Arab officials attack bids to phase out fossil fuels at COP28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>Arab officials on Tuesday hit out at attempts to secure a phase-out of fossil fuels at COP28 as they met for a conference on regional energy cooperation in Doha.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1796585\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Campaigners had hoped the UN climate summit in Dubai could deliver a historic, global phasing out of the high-emission fuels which account for three-quarters of greenhouse gasses.<\/p>\n<p>However, Kuwait\u2019s oil minister dismissed the proposal as an \u201caggressive attack\u201d, and accused Western nations of trying to dominate the global economy through alternative energy sources.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am amazed at this extraordinary insistence on depriving peoples and many countries, most of them in the developing world, of a basic source of energy,\u201d Saad Hamad Nasser Al Barrak told the meeting of the Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC).<\/p>\n<p>The Kuwaiti official lambasted the approach as \u201cracist and colonial\u201d, saying it amounted \u201cto cutting off important parts of our economies in the region on which our future depends\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Barrak called the move \u201ccompletely unacceptable\u201d, and added that he wondered on that basis how the negotiations at the climate conference \u201clasted this long\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1796855\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Saudi Arabia, the world\u2019s largest oil exporter, has led opposition at the UN climate summit to the move away from hydrocarbons.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Western powers and those nations most threatened by climate change fought against Saudi Arabia for stronger calls on exiting fossil fuels as negotiators worked past a host-set deadline at the summit.<\/p>\n<p>In Doha, Iraq\u2019s oil minister, Hayyan Abdul Ghani Al Sawad, said: \u201cFossil fuels will remain the major source of energy in the whole world. We cannot phase out the use of that energy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also took aim at nations that consume fossil fuels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe as Arab countries, we produce this energy, but we are not the producer of emissions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe users need to develop the technologies to reduce their emissions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed Mubarak Bin Daina, Bahrain\u2019s oil and environment minister, said petrol and oil were \u201ca main factor in our economies\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should focus and preserve this industry and consume its derivatives in a balanced way,\u201d he said while calling for emissions reductions and the further use of renewable energy.<\/p>\n<p>The two-day conference in gas-rich Qatar has also been attended by officials from Algeria, Libya and Oman, as well as Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arab officials on Tuesday hit out at attempts to secure a phase-out of fossil fuels at COP28 as they met for a conference on regional energy cooperation in Doha. 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