COP28: Climate talks enter last day with no agreement in sight on fossil fuels

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Hopes for finishing a critical climate summit on time were fading early Tuesday as countries were still far apart on key issues, including an agreement on what to do about the fossil fuels that are causing dangerous global warming.

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00:00 Hopes for finishing a critical climate summit on time are fading as countries are still

00:05 far apart on key issues, including an agreement on what to do about fossil fuels causing dangerous

00:11 global warming.

00:13 COP28 is scheduled to finish around midday, but Monday's release of a draft agreement

00:17 has angered certain countries.

00:19 "This text is insufficient.

00:22 There are elements that are acceptable in the state.

00:28 It's a disappointment."

00:30 "The need for urgency to replace and reduce fossil fuels in the power sector in this critical

00:37 decade is completely missing.

00:41 The language on coal contradicts EU energy policies and it allows for new coal power

00:48 plants."

00:49 "The draft calls for countries to reduce consumption and production of fossil fuels in a 'orderly

00:57 and equitable' manner.

00:59 Campaigners say it's far from enough."

01:02 "So the Arabia and other fossil fuel producing nations have pushed back and eventually what

01:07 we are seeing a language which only talks about reducing consumption and production

01:12 of fossil fuels.

01:13 That's unacceptable.

01:14 We as civil society reject the text because we are already going through climate emergency."

01:19 A revised text is expected later Tuesday that takes into account many of the comments from

01:24 participants.

01:25 Final decisions by delegates have to be by consensus.

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