Phase out or phase down? Fight over fossil fuels heats up in run-up to COP28

Phase out or phase down? Fight over fossil fuels heats up in run-up to COP28

Fossil fuel use is set to be a key topic at the UN climate conference in Dubai – but tension is brewing.

It’s two months until the UN’s Climate Change summit kicks off in Dubai and the fight over fossil fuels is already heating up.

As leaders, officials and negotiators from more than 200 nations prepare for COP28, there is a pressing need to accelerate emissions cuts. Progress towards Paris Agreement targets set in 2015 will be measured as the world gets its first ever ‘report card’ on climate commitments.

Despite the first Global Stocktake and increased pressure to speed up action on cutting emissions, not everyone agrees on what the future looks like for coal, oil and gas. 

And countries are far from bridging the gap between the two opposing perspectives.

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