Summary
A new deal has been agreed at the UN climate summit in Dubai after days of negotiations
For the first time, the deal calls on all countries to move away from the use of fossil fuels – but not to phase them out, something many governments wanted
The text recognises the need for deep, rapid and sustained reductions if humanity is to limit temperature rises to 1.5C
“Together we have confronted realities and we have set the world in the right direction,” COP28 president Sultan Ahmed Al-Jaber says
Norway’s climate minister Espen Barth Eide earlier said fossil fuels were “the elephant in the room” at the summit
At no previous conference of the parties, or COP, have nations agreed on a concerted move away from oil, gas and coal
Burning fossil fuels drives global warming, risking millions of lives. So far, governments have never collectively agreed to stop using them
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