United Arab Emirates

Goldman Sachs, Abu Dhabi ink $1 billion investment partnership for Asia Pacific

An Emirati woman paddles a canoe past skyscrapers in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. Christopher…

Russian demand for Dubai property is slowing, China’s is up: DAMAC

Dubai’s property boom in the years following the Covid-19 pandemic has been one of the fastest in the world, fueled…

Countries agree to deal at COP28 climate summit

COP28 president Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber speaks during the Transforming Food Systems in the Face of Climate Change event on…

Anger and frustration as COP28 draft text omits fossil fuel phaseout

COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber speaks to the media at the U.N. climate conference on Dec. 10, 2023 in Dubai, United…

World’s largest iceberg A23a is on the move, stoking climate concerns

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Thousands of miles from the U.N.’s climate summit in the Middle East, the world’s largest…

Oil CEO rejects fossil fuel industry to blame for the climate crisis

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates —The chief executive of UAE-based energy firm Crescent Petroleum on Tuesday claimed that blaming the oil…

Record number of fossil fuel lobbyists attend UN climate talks

A man wearing a thawb walks past flags of nations participating in the UNFCCC COP28 Climate Conference the day before…

COP28 president sparks outcry after controversial fossil fuel comments

Sultan Al-Jaber, chief executive officer of Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. and president of COP28, speaks in Dubai, United Arab…

A fossil fuel fight takes center stage at the COP28 climate summit

Sultan al-Jaber, president of the UNFCCC COP28 climate conference, speaks during day two of the summit on Dec. 2, 2023…

John Kerry responds to COP28 president’s fossil fuel comments

John Kerry, U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, speaks at a COP28 session between the U.S., China, UAE and Nigeria…