Sultan al-Jaber, the COP28 President-Designate and UAE's Special Envoy for Climate Change, talks during the ADIPEC. Oil and Energy exhibition and conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. Sultan al-Jaber called on oil and gas companies on Monday to be "central to the solution" to fighting climate change, even as the industry boosts its production to enjoy rising global energy prices. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)