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Reuters
Reuters
Environment
By Simon Jessop

India seeks COP27 deal to 'phase down' all fossil fuels - sources

FILE PHOTO: A view shows a shelved 1.6-gigawatt coal-fired power project in Uppur in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, India, October 12, 2021. Picture taken October 12, 2021. REUTERS/Sudarshan Varadhan

India wants countries to agree to phase down all fossil fuels at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt, rather than a narrower deal to phase down coal as was agreed last year, two sources familiar with the negotiations told Reuters on Saturday.

Countries agreed at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, last November to a final statement which, for the first time, committed parties to the U.N. climate summit to speed up efforts towards a "phasedown of unabated coal power" - taking aim at the most polluting fossil fuel.

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