New COP28 draft text does not mention phase out of fossil fuels (www.reuters.com)
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New COP28 draft deal stops short of fossil fuel 'phase out' (www.reuters.com)
A rapid phase out of fossil fuels is the only way to avert the worst damages of climate change and nearly 30 years of COPs have so far failed to articulate this as a goal, let alone set binding targets for it, despite overwhelming evidence of its importance.
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COP28 pledges so far not enough to limit warming to 1.5C -IEA (www.reuters.com)
A raft of new pledges announced at the COP28 climate summit - from tripling renewables to reining in methane emissions - won’t be enough on their own to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Sunday....