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our correspondent, graham satchell reports. a long night of last minute wrangling in dubai as delegates embarked on golf buggy diplomacy to reach an agreement. and finally a new draft text with slightly tougher language. the sticking point has always been the future of fossil fuels. the hope from many here was that this cop would agree to phase out the use of fossil fuels by 2050. the first draft agreement listed measures that countries could use to reach net zero. that was described as grossly insufficient. the new draft being scrutinised now calls on countries to transition away from fossil fuels to enable the world to reach net zero by 2050. chanting: fossil fuels phase out! for climate change activists, that won t be enough. it doesn t compel countries to act. scientists agree that without significant global action to dramatically reduce the use of fossil fuels, the consequences will be catastrophic. but the difficulty with cop is that all countries need to agree the te ....