Scientists urge end to fossil fuel use as landmark IPCC report readied

Talks stretch past deadline as governments are accused of trying to water down findings

The world must abandon fossil fuels as a matter of urgency, rather than entrusting the future climate to untried techno-fixes" such as sucking carbon out of the air, scientists and campaigners have urged, as governments wrangled over last-minute changes to a landmark scientific report.

Talks on the final draft of the latest comprehensive assessment of climate science, from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), stretched hours past their deadline on Sunday.