£11bn plan to build huge offshore wind farms in 2025

An £11 billion project to build one of the world’s biggest offshore wind farms in British waters could start construction as soon as 2025 under a deal between the Abu Dhabi state-controlled Masdar and RWE, of Germany. Masdar is acquiring a 49 per cent …

UAE planned to use COP28 climate talks to make oil deals

The UAE team did not deny using COP28 meetings for business talks, and said “private meetings are private”. It declined to comment on what was discussed in the meetings and said its work has been focused on “meaningful climate action”. The documents …

Dubai’s COP28 — a view from the ground

Discussion of the biggest existential threat humanity has ever faced is barely mentioned on billboards or signage in Dubai — yet visitors are made aware quite quickly that the world rugby tournament …