DUBAI/TOKYO -- A draft text released by the United Nations climate conference in Dubai on Monday failed to include a "phaseout" of fossil fuels that U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres had urged and that many countries wanted.
Nations now might fail to unanimously endorse a gradual end to fossil fuel use, an action key to limiting global warming below the tipping point of 1.5 degrees C above preindustrial levels, the latest draft text indicates. The COP28 climate summit is due to conclude on Tuesday, though it has run over in the past.
