Fraught battle over fossil fuels at centre of Cop28 as we enter second week
As the first week of Cop28 draws to a close, battle lines have been drawn over the central issue of the summit: the future of fossil fuels.
Divisions have emerged between countries calling for a phase-out of fossil fuels, the root cause of the climate crisis, and those set against it.
At the heart of negotiations is the “Global Stocktake” where countries take an inventory of their collective progress to limit global temperature rise to 1.5C this century – a goal that remains far off track.
