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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Fiona Harvey in Bonn

Countries have not yet agreed to put fossil fuel phase-out on Cop28 agenda

Cop28 director-general Majid Al Suwaidi said fossil fuels would form a key part of discussion at the talks.
Cop28 director-general Majid Al Suwaidi said fossil fuels would form a key part of discussion at the talks. Photograph: Jana Rodenbusch/Reuters

UN climate talks this year might skirt the vital question of whether and how to phase out fossil fuels, as nations have not yet agreed to discuss the issue, one of the top officials hosting the talks has said.

Majid Al Suwaidi, director-general of the Cop28 climate talks for its host nation, the United Arab Emirates, said governments were not in agreement over whether the phaseout of fossil fuels should be on the agenda for the conference, which begins in November.

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