Oil-rich UAE orders emissions monitoring in new climate law

The United Arab Emirates, a major oil exporter, began mandatory emissions monitoring for companies on Friday under a new law targeting climate change.

Greenpeace hailed the move, a first for the Middle East but already in place in dozens of countries worldwide, as a “bold leap toward regional climate leadership”.

The UAE, one of the world’s top oil exporters, neighbours several oil-rich countries including Saudi Arabia and Iran along with Qatar, a leading gas producer.

Under the new law,…