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COP28: Speaker Joseph Hammond on what it means for Africa

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In the dazzling cityscape of Dubai, amidst the shimmering skyscrapers and desert sands, history was quietly but profoundly made.

The United Nations conference COP28 in Dubai produced a first of its kind agreement to globally reduce the usage of fossil fuels.

In the process, COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber - largely written off by much of the western press prior to the Summit - managed to prove his critics wrong. Using business skills and deft climate diplomacy, he managed to negotiate a series of milestones that achieved more than any previous COP.

The inclusion of fossil fuel companies and a climate summit was bold, if not outright controversial - figures like Al Gore criticised the move. Yet, this led to a first of its kind oil and gas Decarbonization Charter - which over 50 the world’s major fossil fuel companies signed up to.

But given they are responsible for 40% of the world's production, it’s a wonder it took so long to on-board them in efforts to reform the sector needs in the face of the threat of climate change. Their pledge is nothing short of ambitious: to eradicate methane leakage and gas flaring completely by the year 2030 and set their sights on achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.

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