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International Business Times
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Benjamin LEGENDRE

Hasty Gavel And Standing Ovation Bring Down COP28 Curtain

The delegates gathered in the oil-rich UAE since November 30 barely had time to sit down before the deal was declared adopted (Credit: AFP)

The proud president of COP28 had no time left to lose.

After two nights of fraught final negotiations, it took just five minutes for Sultan Al Jaber, with the nervous bang of his gavel, to adopt a historic deal calling for a transition from fossil fuels.

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