UAE Consensus delivers 'landmark' deal to transition away from fossil fuels

COP28 agreement

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Governments have called upon each other to accelerate the "transition away" from fossil fuels this decade, as the COP28 Climate Summit in Dubai drew towards a dramatic close this morning with the adoption of an historic new deal that observers said would herald the beginning of the end of the fossil fuel era.

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