COP28 talks enter last day with no deal in sight on fossil fuels
A stark standoff between countries that want a dramatic phase-out to fossil fuels causing damaging warming and those that don't crushed hopes for an on-time finish to a critical climate summit Tuesday. The United Nations-led summit known as COP28 was scheduled to end around midday after nearly two weeks of speeches, demonstrations and negotiations. But the climate talks almost always run long, and Monday's release of a draft agreement angered countries that insist on a commitment for rapid phase-out of coal, oil and gas. A major sticking point, the language employed by the draft was significantly weakened by the fact that the fossil fuel phase-out was removed from the text, FRANCE 24 Environment Editor Valérie Dekimpe said.
