The latest COP28 draft outcome text released to negotiators on the penultimate day of the UN Climate Change Conference dropped a call to 'phaseout' fossil fuels, prompting outcry from climate vulnerable countries and civil society.
The 21-page text, prepared by the COP28 presidency, United Arab Emirates, makes no mention of fossil fuel 'phasedown' or 'phaseout', which UN Secretary-General António Guterres said was one of the keys to the conference's success and which many nations have demanded.
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by Joji Xavier
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