Failure to agree fossil fuel phase-out at Cop28 ‘will push world into climate breakdown’
by Fiona Harvey in Dubai from Environment | The Guardian on (#6H0VY)
UK's former climate chief Alok Sharma says phase-out crucial to limit global warming to 1.5C
Failure to agree a phase-out of fossil fuels at the UN Cop28 climate summit would push the world beyond the crucial 1.5C temperature limit and into climate breakdown, the UK's former climate chief has warned.
Alok Sharma, who was president of the Cop26 summit in Glasgow, said it was vital that governments made a clear commitment in the next few days to eliminate coal, oil and gas.
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