The COP28 climate summit was
hurtling towards overtime early on Tuesday, with negotiators
awaiting a new draft deal after many countries criticised a
previous version as too weak because it omitted a.
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Oil producers who are fighting back against the push to ditch fossil fuels - such as Saudi Arabia and Iraq - are likely to be buoyed by caveats and qualifiers in the text of the draft agreement, including use of "could", rather than stronger wording.
UN climate talks in Dubai exceeded their set deadline as nations disputed a proposed compromise lacking a fossil fuel phase-out. The Emirati president sought an ambitious deal but faced backlash over the draft. At-risk nations like the Marshall Islands opposed the weak text, emphasizing their survival stakes. Amid record fossil fuel lobby presence, the draft lacks demands for action, igniting criticism. The draft s ambiguity contrasts with the urgency to combat climate crises, with calls for zero-emission technologies.
The UN Climate Change Conference, or COP28, was slated to end on Tuesday even as hopes to finish the summit on time faded with negotiations dragged into the early morning hours