Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries, has been appointed to the Advisory Committee to the President of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) for the 28th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP28).
Mukesh Ambani joined the COP28 Advisory Council alongside Larry Fink, Chairman and CEO of BlackRock, Olafur Grimsson, Chairman of the Arctic Circle (Former President of Iceland), Laurent Fabius, President of the COP21 / Paris Agreement, Former Prime Minister of France, 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.
Apart from Sunita Narain, Director General of the Centre for Science and Environment, Mukesh Ambani is the only Indian on the Advisory Committee to the President of COP28.
The UAE Advisory Committee for COP28 brings together climate expertise from thought leaders from six continents. The 31 members of the Committee, who represent policy, industry, energy, finance, civil society, youth, and humanitarian action, will provide guidance and counsel to the COP Presidency in the run-up to COP28 and beyond.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been chosen to host the 28th Conference of Parties (COP 28) to the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) from November 30 to December 12, 2023.