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AAP
Environment
Andrew Brown

COP28 agreement a 'death knell' for fossil fuels

Climate campaigners have hailed a COP28 agreement as "the death knell for fossil fuels". (Diego Fedele/AAP PHOTOS)

Australian climate campaigners have welcomed a deal agreed to at the COP28 summit that will push nations to "transition away" from fossil fuels.

The deal was backed by 198 countries at the United Nations climate summit in Dubai following marathon negotiations and uncertainty over whether fossil fuels would even be mentioned in the final agreement.

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