Can you be the president of a climate summit and the boss of a state oil company?
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4.5 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 30 November 2023
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
From the BBC World Service: The appointment of the COP28 summit’s president, Sultan Ahmed Al-Jaber, has been controversial, as he’s also the CEO of Abu Dhabi’s state oil company. We take a closer examination. Then, the European Commissioner for Competition, who has taken on tech giants like Alphabet and Amazon, speaks to us about AI regulation. And as African music has gained global popularity in recent years, Kenya-based music service Mdundo aims to double its 25 million monthly users.
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| 0:24.8 | Can you be the president of a climate summit and the boss of a state oil company? |
| 0:30.4 | Let's talk about it. |
| 0:31.4 | Hello and you're listening to the Marketplace Morning Report live from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:35.6 | I'm Leanna Byrne. Thanks so much for tuning in. |
| 0:38.1 | The UN's yearly Climate Conference Copp starts today in the United Arab Emirates. World leaders, businesses and |
| 0:44.6 | campaigners are gathering to figure out how to reduce harmful carbon emissions. |
| 0:49.2 | The BBC's climate editor Justin Rowlett has been looking at some of the priorities. |
| 0:53.4 | Already there are tantalising rumors of a deal on cutting methane emissions and on climate |
| 1:00.0 | finance funding from rich nations to help developing countries switch to cleaner |
| 1:04.4 | energy and take the action needed to combat the impact of a changing climate. |
| 1:09.2 | But expect the long-running debate over the future of fossil fuels to continue. |
| 1:14.7 | Astonishing as it may seem, the world still hasn't officially committed to even phasing |
| 1:19.9 | down oil and gas use, let alone phasing it out. |
| 1:24.0 | Justin Rowlet there. |
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