Fiona Harvey claims that the deal reached at Cop28 in Dubai amounts to a “de facto phase-out of fossil fuels” (After 30 years of waiting, Cop28 deal addresses the elephant in the room, 13 December). But did it?
The Dubai deal speaks of a transition “away from fossil fuels in energy systems”. Sounds good. But “in energy systems”? What does this phrase mean? It is not interpreted in the agreement, and thus left ambiguous.
