COP28 agreement hailed as ‘death knell’ for fossil fuels

Climate campaigners have hailed a COP28 agreement as "the death knell for fossil fuels". Photo: AAP
Australian climate campaigners have welcomed a deal agreed to at the COP28 summit that will push nations to “transition away” from fossil fuels.
The deal was backed by 198 countries at the United Nations climate summit in Dubai following marathon negotiations and uncertainty over whether fossil fuels would even be mentioned in the final agreement.
The deal to “transition away from fossil fuels” represents the first time oil, coal and gas have been mentioned in COP agreements since the annual summits began almost 30 years ago.
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