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

Stop looking for loopholes, UN warns, after Saudi hints end of fossil fuels ‘just one option’

Cop28 president Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber at a plenary session in Dubai in December.
Cop28 president Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber (centre) at a plenary session in Dubai in December. Photograph: Giuseppe Cacace/AFP/Getty Images

Governments must not try to pick loopholes in the global agreement to “transition away” from fossil fuels reached last December, the UN’s climate chief has said, as he called for “torrents” of cash for poorer countries to tackle the crisis.

Some countries have sought to play down the significance of the deal reached at the Cop28 UN climate summit in Dubai, the first time that governments have made such a pledge on oil and gas.

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