Sheikh Mansour and Dr Sultan Al Jaber tour Expo City Dubai ahead of Cop28

Vice President and Deputy Prime Minister inspected pavilion sites and halls on Friday

Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Court, inspects the final preparations of Cop28, at Expo City Dubai. Among high-ranking officials accompanying him were Talal Hamid Belhoul Al Falasi, director general of the State Security Department in Dubai and Mohamed Abdullah Al Junaibi, chairman of the Federal Protocol and Strategic Narrative Authority. All Photos: Abdulla Al Bedwawi / UAE Presidential Court

Sheikh Mansour inspects final preparations for Cop28, which opens at Expo City Dubai on November 30

Sheikh Mansour inspects Cop28 preparations, accompanied by Dr Sultan Al Jaber, Cop28 President-designate, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, managing director and group chief executive of Adnoc and chairman of Masdar

Sheikh Mansour and Dr Al Jaber at the Cop28 site. World leaders and global business chiefs are among those attending the UN climate change conference

Sheikh Mansour meets military personnel at final preparations for Cop28

Sheikh Mansour with Dr Al Jaber and Mr Al Falasi

Sheikh Mansour, Dr Al Jaber and Mr Al Falasi during their tour of Expo City Dubai ahead of Cop28

Sheikh Mansour tours the Cop28 site. The gathering is seen as an opportunity to rethink, reboot and refocus the climate agenda

Sheikh Mansour meets officials during his inspection of the Cop28 site at Expo City Dubai

Sheikh Mansour with officials during final preparations for Cop28, at Expo City Dubai. The UN summit runs from November 30 until December 12

Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed, Vice President and Deputy Prime Minister, toured Expo City Dubai to inspect final preparations ahead of next week's Cop28 conference in Dubai.

During the visit, Sheikh Mansour inspected the sites of the pavilions and halls that will host negotiation meetings.

He was accompanied by Dr Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and Cop28 President-designate, as well as members of the Cop28 higher committee.

Sheikh Mansour was also briefed by the Cop28 team on the most prominent events at the conference, which is expected to be attended by more than 160 heads of state and government.

The Cop28 climate conference begins in Dubai next week, and runs from November 30 to December 12.

Tens of thousands of world leaders, ministers, negotiators, eco activists and captains of industry will be converging on the emirate for two weeks of crunch talks aimed at developing an urgent action plan to address the climate crisis.

The first three days of the summit will be open only to delegates.

This will include a major leader's summit on December 1 and 2 that will set the tone for the days to come.

The event is expected to welcome 85,000 participants and more than 5,000 media representatives.