Agreed by almost 200 countries, the COP28 decision "marks the beginning of the end of the fossil fuel era", said analyst Dave Jones of energy thinktank Ember.
Here are some key points of the Dubai climate deal.
Agreed by almost 200 countries, the COP28 decision "marks the beginning of the end of the fossil fuel era", said analyst Dave Jones of energy thinktank Ember.
Here are some key points of the Dubai climate deal.
The deal struck at the COP28 climate summit was seen as the beginning of the end of the fossil fuel era, but campaigners from at-risk countries like the Philippines stressed that far more action is needed to avert the worst impacts of climate change.
“The silver lining from COP28 is that it’s sent an unprecedented signal to the world that the curtain has been raised for the end of the fossil fuel era,” Greenpeace Philippines senior campaigner Virginia Benosa-Llorin said.
“But communities in the Philippines and around the world on the frontline of the climate catastrophe need more than this,” she added.
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Saudi Arabia praised the outcome of the UN climate summit on Wednesday, calling it a "great success" after nations adopted a call to transition away from fossil fuels but stopped short of a phase-out.
"On behalf of the Arab Group, I express our gratitude to the efforts of all the state parties in order to have a successful first global stocktake," Saudi official Albara Tawfiq told the COP28 conference. — Agence France-Presse
Samoa said Wednesday small island states were concerned about several parts of the Dubai climate deal, drawing applause from delegates at the UN's COP28 climate summit.
"We have made an incremental advancement over business as usual when what we really needed is an exponential step change in our actions," said Samoan chief negotiator Anne Rasmussen, whose country chairs the Alliance of Small Island States. — Agence France-Presse
United Nations climate chief Simon Stiell urged countries to turn pledges into action after an agreement calling for a transition away from fossil fuels at COP28 on Wednesday.
"Now, all governments and businesses need to turn these pledges into real-economy outcomes without delay," Stiell told delegates in Dubai. —Agence France-Presse
Nearly 200 nations meeting in Dubai on Wednesday approved a first-ever call for the world to transition away from fossil fuels, the top culprit of climate change behind a planetary crisis.
Toughening language from an earlier draft that was roundly denounced, the agreement calls for "transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner, accelerating action in this critical decade, so as to achieve net zero by 2050 in keeping with the science".
It marked the first mention of all fossil fuels in 28 years of climate summits.
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The oil-rich United Arab Emirates is "rightly proud" of its role in brokering the first climate accord calling for a transition away from fossil fuels, the COP28 president said on Wednesday.
"We should be proud of our historic achievement and the United Arab Emirates, my country is rightly proud of its role in helping to move this forward," Sultan Al Jaber told the UN climate summit in Dubai. — Agence France-Presse
Nations adopted on Wednesday the first ever UN climate deal that calls for the world to transition away from fossil fuels.
"We have the basis to make transformational change happen," COP28 president Sultan Al Jaber said at the UN climate summit in Dubai before the deal was adopted by consensus, prompting delegates to rise and applaud. — Agence France-Presse
A new draft agreement unveiled early Wednesday in talks in Dubai toughens language by calling for "transitioning away" from fossil fuels, although it does not use the term "phaseout."
The text, released for consideration after another full night of haggling, would also call for "accelerating action" during "this critical decade"—providing more urgency than an earlier proposal widely dismissed by green-minded countries.
The new draft explicitly "calls on" all nations to contribute through a series of actions.
The actions include "transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner, accelerating action in this critical decade, so as to achieve net zero by 2050 in keeping with the science," the new draft says.
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UN climate talks went deep into overtime Wednesday with another night of negotiations aimed at breaking a deadlock between nations pushing for a historic phase-out of fossil fuels and Saudi-led oil producers.
COP28's Emirati president Sultan Al Jaber held meetings with top negotiators from around the world deep into the night in an effort to find consensus among nearly 200 countries.
"We are close to a deal," said a source close to the COP28 presidency as the talks, which were scheduled to end Tuesday, continued while workers began to pack up inside country pavilions.
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