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    Cop28 into overtime with no end in sight to stand off over fossil fuels

    by Louise Boyle and Stuti Mishra Dec 12, 2023 3 minutes
    Source: AP

    A battle over the future of fossil fuels has pushed the Cop28 climate summit into overtime – with no end in sight to the stand off between nations who want a dramatic phase out of the burning of oil, gas and coal and those that don’t.

    Calling time on the fossil-fuel era, the root , has emerged as the central fight of the negotiations – as nations scramble to keep the goal of limiting average global heating to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels within reach and with 2023 set to. The latest draft text put out on Monday had removed the words “phase out” and “phase down” of fossil fuels from the options for delegates to agree upon, calling instead for “reducing both consumption and production of fossil fuels, in a just, orderly and equitable manner” while framing such cuts in output as optional

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