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Reuters
Reuters
Environment
By Valerie Volcovici and Leah Douglas

World not ready yet to 'switch off' fossil fuels, COP28 host UAE says

UAE Minister for Climate and the Environment Mariam Almheiri is pictured during an interview with Reuters in Washington, U.S., May 9, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis

The United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday that countries should agree to phase out fuel emissions - not the production of oil, gas and coal - at the upcoming U.N. climate change negotiations that it will host this December.

The comments reflect deep divisions between nations over how to combat global warming ahead of the COP28 talks. Some wealthy Western governments and climate-afflicted island nations have been pushing for a phase out of fossil fuels, while resource-rich countries have campaigned to keep drilling.

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