12 December 2023 at 08:10 The climate summit in overtime – no agreement in place by the official deadline The UN climate summit Cop28 continues in overtime after no agreement was reached by the official deadline on Tuesday morning. A 21-page proposal for a final document that was published on Monday provoked sharp reactions from climate scientists and activists. In recent years, climate summits under UN auspices have dragged on much longer than planned, since the negotiations have been difficult. Representatives from 200 countries are in the middle of a heated debate about a possible agreement to phase out fossil energy sources such as coal, oil and gas. But several countries, including China and major oil producers such as Saudi Arabia, are said to have expressed strong opposition to a text which suggests that such energy sources should be phased out.
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