UAE urges countries to honour fossil fuels vow amid Cop29 impasse
by Fiona Harvey in Baku from Environment | The Guardian on (#6SDMZ)
Petrostate's rebuke comes as Saudi Arabia and allies try to derail transition promise made at climate talks last year
The world must stand behind a historic resolution made last year to transition away from fossil fuels", the United Arab Emirates has said, in a powerful intervention into a damaging row over climate action.
The petrostate's stance will be seen as as a sharp rebuke to its neighbour and close ally Saudi Arabia, which had been trying to unpick the global commitment at UN climate talks in Azerbaijan this week.
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