The COP28 climate summit on Wednesday approved a deal that would, for the first time, push nations to “transition” from fossil fuels to avert the worst effects of climate change.
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Almost 200 countries adopt first-ever climate deal on fossil fuels
Nations adopted on Wednesday the first ever UN climate deal that calls for the world to transition away from fossil fuels.
“Together we have set the world in the right direction,” COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber said at the UN climate summit in Dubai, prompting delegates to rise and applaud.
Al-Jaber hailed a the deal approved by almost 200 countries as an “historic package” of measures which offered a “robust plan” to keep the target of 1.5C within reach.
“We have delivered a paradigm shift that has the potential to redefine our economies,” he said during the closing session of the COP28 summit, shortly after the deal was approved.
He added a note of caution for nations: “An agreement is only as good as its implementation. We are what we do, not what we say.”
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New UN climate draft calls for ‘transitioning away’ from fossil fuels
A draft agreement unveiled early Wednesday in talks in Dubai toughens language by calling for “transitioning away” from fossil fuels, although it does not use the term “phase out”.
The text, released for consideration after another full night of haggling, would also call for “accelerating action” during “this critical decade” – providing more urgency than an earlier proposal widely dismissed by green-minded countries.
The previous draft also drew fire for offering a list of options that “could” be taken to combat the dangerous warming of the planet.
The new draft explicitly “calls on” all nations to contribute through a series of actions.
The actions include…
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