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After COP28's landmark call for the world to move away from fossil fuels, experts say the pressure is on to fast-track -- and fund -- the global energy transition. It calls for "transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner" -- after three decades without naming the main driver of planet-heating pollution.
The outcome of COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, after two weeks of rigorous climate change deliberations, was mixed, with some positive developments for Africa but a lack of progress on other important concerns.
The UN climate talks in Dubai could be in jeopardy after some nations reacted furiously to a draft deal on fossil fuels they call "weak".
The climate summit could end without agreement as nations react furiously to document that drops references to 'phase-out' of fossil fuels
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 7 December 2023 (ECA) - Africa and the wider developing nations community will be asking for more “adequate and predictable finance” at the ongoing COP28 in Dubai.According to the Chair of the African Group of Negotiators on Climate Change (AGN), Ephraim Mwepya Shitima, the continent’s six main priorities at the negotiations will revolve around: -