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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Fiona Harvey Environment editor

Global push for commitment to phase out fossil fuels gathers pace ahead of Cop28

A man carries coal in a basket on his head, with lumps of coal all around.
A labourer in an opencast mine on the outskirts of Dhanbad in India's Jharkhand state. Campaigners hope Cop28 can be a step forward in phasing out fossil fuels. Photograph: Money Sharma/AFP/Getty Images

A global push to commit to phasing out fossil fuels is gathering new momentum before a crucial UN climate conference this autumn, despite stiff opposition from oil-producing countries.

Campaigners are ramping up efforts to put an undertaking to stop burning not just coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel, but also oil and gas on the UN agenda ahead of the Cop28 summit in Dubai in late November, the Observer has learned.

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