Stop looking for loopholes, UN warns, after Saudi hints end of fossil fuels ‘just one option’

UN climate chief says torrents, not trickles' of public and private finance needed to meet global challenge

Governments must not try to pick loopholes in the global agreement to transition away" from fossil fuels reached last December, the UN's climate chief has said, as he called for torrents" of cash for poorer countries to tackle the crisis.

Some countries have sought to play down the significance of the deal reached at the Cop28 UN climate summit in Dubai, the first time that governments have made such a pledge on oil and gas.