How nearly 200 nations got to yes on climate action
The world’s nations agreed on Wednesday to transition away from the fossil fuels that power their economies but are heating the planet to temperatures that imperil current and future generations.
The deal, reached at an annual United Nations climate conference, represents the first-ever agreement by all countries to move away from the burning of oil, gas, and coal.
It stopped short, however, of calling for the “phaseout” of carbon-based fuels that many climate scientists say is necessary and that dozens of countries had demanded during the COP28 talks held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
“Fossil fuels finally faced a reckoning at the UN climate negotiations after three decades of dodging the spotlight,” World
