COP28 anger as pledge to ‘phase out’ fossil fuels removed from draft text

We will not go silent to our watery graves – that’s the warning from one of the small island nations most at risk from climate change – after a pledge to "phase out" fossil fuels was removed from the COP28 final agreement.

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After intensive lobbying by oil rich nations – the draft text refers to "reducing" their use instead. Also absent are the words "oil and gas". And that’s sparked a growing outcry – our chief correspondent Alex Thomson in the newsroom.
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