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Editorial: After COP28, let’s make this the ‘beginning of the end’ of fossil fuels

It took nearly three decades, but world leaders this week finally acknowledged the obvious: There is no way to slow climate change without winding down fossil fuels. The agreement reached Wednesday by nearly 200 nations at the COP28 climate conference in Dubai is something of a breakthrough. For the first time, world leaders called for moving away from fossil fuels in energy systems. It’s easy ...
Former U.S. vice president Al Gore speaks during a session at the COP28 United Nations climate summit in Dubai on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023.

It took nearly three decades, but world leaders this week finally acknowledged the obvious: There is no way to slow climate change without winding down fossil fuels.

The agreement reached Wednesday by nearly 200 nations at the COP28 climate conference in Dubai is something of a breakthrough.

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