Jaber, the UAE's Minister of Industry and Technology and its climate envoy, will help develop the COP28 agenda and will play a central role in negotiations to build consensus, his office said in a statement.

Jaber said the UAE will bring a practical and solution-oriented approach to COP28.

As the founding CEO of the renewable energy company Masdar, in which the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company holds a 24% stake, Jaber is widely considered the right man to lead the international conference on the environment.