Summit president hails ‘historic package to accelerate climate action’, but critics decry ‘litany of loopholes’ in final text
The Cop28 climate summit has approved a deal that its supporters said would, for the first time, push nations to move away from fossil fuels to avert the worst effects of climate change.
The final text avoided the words “phase out” and “phase down”, which had been the source of much debate among countries, instead referring to a need to “transition away” from fossil fuels.
