(EPA PHOTO)United States climate envoy John Kerry says the language on fossil fuels in the text "does not meet the test" of keeping 1.5 alive. "I, like most of you here, refuse to be part of a charade" of not phasing out fossil fuels, Kerry said. "COP28 is now on the verge of complete failure," former US Vice President and climate activist Al Gore posted on X. "The world desperately needs to phase out fossil fuels as quickly as possible, but this obsequious draft reads as if OPEC dictated it word for word. "This is the first COP where the word fossil fuels are actually included in the draft decision.

Source: Ethiopian News December 12, 2023 17:14 UTC