Draft Cop27 agreement fails to call for ‘phase-down’ of all fossil fuels
by Sandra Laville and Bibi van der Zee from on (#65XSS)
Document will provide basis for negotiations over coming days and is likely to be significantly reworked
The UN climate agency has published a first draft on Thursday of what could be the overarching agreement from the Cop27 climate summit in Egypt However, much of the text is likely to be reworked in the coming days.
The reaction from some NGOs has been swift and frustrated, with one Greenpeace representative saying it paved the way for climate hell".
Reuters contributed to this report
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