COP28 talks end with landmark deal to shift from fossil fuels

Delegates, environmental groups cautiously welcome U.N. agreement

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COP28 President Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber said after the text was adopted, “The world needed to find a new way. By following our north star, we have found that new path."  © Reuters

RHYANNON BARTLETT-IMADEGAWA and SAYUMI TAKE, Nikkei staff writers

DUBAI/TOKYO -- Global climate talks wrapped up Wednesday with a first-ever deal to transition away from fossil fuels, but parties stopped short of calling for an end to using oil, gas and other carbon-emitting energy sources.

The agreement was reached after the United Nations climate talks (COP28) in Dubai stretched into the early hours as negotiators from nearly 200 countries worked to reach a consensus on a deal aimed at reducing the greenhouse gas emissions responsible for climate change.

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