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"It's Finished!": IEA Boss Says COP28 Bid Farewell To Fossil Fuels

16 Dec 2023 | Abstracted from Phys.org

"Birol welcomed the landmark agreement struck at the negotiations in the oil-rich United Arab Emirates...the next challenge would be to drive investment in emerging economies, particularly to reach for COP28's goal of tripling global renewables capacity and doubling the rate of energy efficiency improvements by 2030.

"The most important thing for me from this COP meeting is that the direction of travel for the global energy system now has been signed off by 200 countries around the world."

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