It doesn’t make too much sense to me. Nor does having the CEO of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) as its President. A dodgy character if ever I saw one. Would you buy a secondhand dromedary from this guy, let alone a plan to save the Planet
Having lived in Dubai I can say from experience that the ruler, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s concept of truth and mine are completely misaligned. I’d believe nothing the Dubai Government says.
Another cause for concern.
Mind you, the Met have decided to arrest and prosecute Gretta Thunberg,
Of course, Dubai and the other Gulf states rely on semi-slave labour for building work. I’ve seen the poor wretches bussed back and forth daily from dangerous building sites to their prison like compounds. The busses don’t have any windows so you can see the men in a state of exhaustion.
They, of course are untermenschen compared to the golden ones striding around the shopping malls in a brilliant white disdash. Given their exploitative attitude, it’s hard to believe that only a few generations before they were poor too.
The last time I was in India (just after 9/11) a lot of (lower caste/poorer) people were saying it was their ambition to get to Dubai to work. Maybe it was the lesser of the 2 evils, but somehow doubt it.
So cynical, it will be greener than previous COP’s.
Simply because oil companies wont need to fly their delegates to the meeting as its local to them. The oil companies reps out number the attendees at previous COP’s
The sweeteners/bribing has started early
The host country, the United Arab Emirates, has pledged £79m ($100m) around 1 Nono second oil profit from them.
The reason they are not criticising as they will probably do it themselves, 2030-2035-2040- - -, no point in banning fuel powered vehicles when you don’t have the infastructure to support the alternatives and aren’t willing to invest the billions to do this.
So we will just kick the can down to the next lot that will be in power and let them blanch at it too, pathetic
