Dubai Summit Adopts World-First 'Transition' From Fossil Fuels

13 Dec 2023 | Abstracted from Phys.org

"Nearly 200 nations meeting in Dubai...approved a first-ever call for the world to transition away from fossil fuels...the agreement calls for 'transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner, accelerating action in this critical decade'...For the first time in 30 years, we might now reach the beginning of the end of fossil fuels...Environmentalists virtually all saw the new text as an improvement.."

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