Future of Fossil Fuels at Stake in Homestretch of Climate Talks - The Wall Street Journal
Future of Fossil Fuels at Stake in Homestretch of Climate Talks - WSJ
Dec. 9, 2023 5:49 am ET
DUBAI—Fossil-fuel producers are fighting an existential battle here in the final stretch of the United Nations climate conference against countries that want to end the burning of coal, oil and natural gas.
Europe and a handful of nations on the front lines of climate change are demanding that a final agreement at the conference, known as COP28, include a phase out of fossil fuels. One option in a draft of the agreement circulating on Friday evening calls for “a phase out of fossil fuels in line with best available science.”
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