NEW DELHI: The Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries, Mukesh Ambani, has been appointed to serve on the Advisory Committee to the President of the Conference of the Parties (COP28) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

In addition to Larry Fink, Chairman and CEO of BlackRock, Olafur Grimsson, Chairman of the Arctic Circle and former president of Iceland, Laurent Fabius, President of COP21 / Paris Agreement, Francesco La Camera, Director General, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), and Bob Dudley, Chair of the Oil & Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI), former CEO of BP, Mukesh Ambani served on the COP28 Advisory Council.

Apart from Sunita Narain, Director General, Centre for Science and Environment, Mukesh Ambani is the only Indian member of the Advisory Committee to the President of COP28.

The COP28 UAE Advisory Panel brings together the climate expertise of thought leaders from countries across 6 continents.  The 31 members of the Committee, 65 percent of whom are from the Global South and represent policy, business, energy, finance, civil society, youth, and humanitarian action, will offer advice and direction to the COP Presidency in the lead-up to COP28 and beyond.

Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and Special Envoy for Climate Change for the UAE, was named COP 28 President-Designate in January 2023, according to the UNFCCC Secretariat.

The UAE has been chosen to host the UNFCCC's (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) 28th Conference of Parties (COP 28) from November 30, 2023, to December 12, 2023. Dubai Expo City will host it.

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