COP28 draft text drops 'phaseout' of fossil fuels to outcry

Document calls only for reducing use, which Samoa, EU say isn't enough

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Licypriya Kangujam, an Indigenous climate activist from India, holds up a banner during the COP28 summit in Dubai. © Reuters

RHYANNON BARTLETT-IMADEGAWA and SAYUMI TAKE, Nikkei staff writers

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.

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