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30 Nov. - 12 Dec.

Deloitte at COP28 UAE

2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference

Expo City , United Arab Emirates View map

At Deloitte, we are committed to bringing together global leaders and policymakers across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors to further climate action. Join us at COP28, where we’re helping drive the green transition and fostering resilience across these sectors to create a more sustainable, prosperous world. 

It’s the “Year of Sustainability” in the United Arab Emirates, and Deloitte’s gearing up to lead key discussions to accelerate shared solutions that could help us collectively reach net zero and meet sustainability goals. 

Watch this space to learn about Deloitte’s COP28 presence and join us 30 November – 12 December 2023, in Dubai, for both in-person and virtual events, including conversations around:

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COP28 Conversations 

Every step we take at COP28 will shape history and define our global journey towards sustainability. We bring you a series of engaging conversations with Deloitte Middle East leaders to get their perspectives on industry and regulatory trends, unique challenges and opportunities facing the region, anticipated outcomes, and more. 

Damian helps clients report their sustainability goals, results and impacts, and works with industry bodies and regulators to help develop standards of sustainable practices, reporting and assurance. Damian provides his perspectives on regulatory and investor expectations in the Middle East, measures that leading companies are implementing to manage their climate change impact and the opportunities that arise.
Daniel was named in the ESG Power 50 as one of the most influential ESG Leaders in the Middle East. Daniel provides his perspectives on unique challenges that the Middle East faces in incorporating sustainability and aligning with global goals, how COP28 can facilitate effective multi-stakeholder engagement to implement regulatory frameworks and his key piece of advice to business leaders.
Laura is the Government & Public Sector Sustainability & Climate Lead for Deloitte North & South Europe. Laura has helped define smart cities strategies and initiatives across the region and provides her perspectives on trends that she has observed for city and regional development, how Middle Eastern cities are pioneering sustainable urban planning and architecture and how COP28 can promote policy coherence and integration across sectors to maximize the impact of regulatory strategies.
Paddy leads the Audit Practice for Deloitte in the UAE and is also a Board member in Deloitte North & South Europe. Paddy is our lead client service partner for the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and has previously served as partner on the International Renewable Energy Agency. Paddy provides his perspectives on how COP28 can drive stronger private sector engagement to advance climate action, unique opportunities for the Middle East region in incorporating sustainability as well as how COP28 can address the ‘just transition’ for workers and communities affected by the shift to a low-carbon economy.
Salam is Deloitte Middle East’s Energy & Chemicals Leader and Deloitte’s global lead partner for Saudi Aramco at Deloitte North & South Europe. Salam has supported international, national integrated energy companies, and independents in oil, gas, chemicals, and infrastructure on business and market transformation, value chain optimization, and energy transition. Salam provides his perspectives on the potential that agreements at COP28 can accelerate strides in the Middle East regarding renewable energy, regulation being a key driver in decision making to date, as well as global trends and innovative approaches that he sees in the industry towards transitioning to a low-carbon future.
Mutasem leads over 6,000 professionals across 15 countries and was formerly the UAE Regional Managing Partner. He is committed to supporting the UAE in progressing their sustainability agenda and is Deloitte’s global co-sponsor for COP28. Mutasem provides his perspectives on the difference hosting COP28 in the Middle East will have on the region, the biggest challenges that CEOs he speaks to face in steering their organizations on climate transition and adaptation, and what policymakers could do to help organizations accelerate the implementation of the Paris Agreement goals at COP28.
Related COP articles 

Carbon taxes and incentives from a Middle East perspective

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Islamic finance as a catalyst for financing the sustainable development goals

The article discusses the premise of a net zero strategy using Sukuk as a green Islamic financing instrument. Four main areas of practice have been identified to harness the growth of an efficient Islamic credit carbon markets.

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Leading the path towards methane abatement.

This report delves into the importance of methane emissions and addresses that methane abatement efforts from the O&G industry in the GCC+ are as impactful as completely decarbonizing an entire global industry. Such an undertaking not only holds great potential but also, in many ways, might be more achievable based on the available and tested technologies in a mature industry.

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Get in touch

Daniel Gribbin

Daniel Gribbin

Director | ESG Risk Advisory Lead

Daniel’s has spent well over a decade focusing exclusively on ESG and Sustainability. Throughout his career, he has assisted clients with all elements of ESG including strategy and framework development and implementation, sustainability reporting, ESG corporate governance, climate risk assessments, KPI development and calculations, data analytics, health and safety audits, reviews of community engagement and development programs, materiality assessments, supply chain impacts and energy / carbon inventories. Daniel joined Deloitte from the industry where he was the Chief Operating Officer and Head of Sustainability & ESG. Prior to this he led ESG teams in the Middle East at managerment and engineering consultancies. Daniel continues to develop thought leadership and present at numerous events highlighted by the People and Planet program at Expo 2020. Most recently he was named as the most Influential ESG Leaders in the Middle East’s for 2022, by the Carbon Collective Company.

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