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"A new draft text on the outcome of the Cop30 climate talks has been published
that contains no mention of a phase-out of fossil fuels, despite countries
supporting such action having threatened to block any agreement without it.
The
Guardian revealed on Thursday night that at least 29 nations supporting a
phase-out of fossil fuels at the climate summit had sent a letter to the
Brazilian Cop presidency threatening to block any agreement that did not
include such a commitment, in a significant escalation of tensions at the
crunch talks. The leaked letter demanded that the roadmap be included in the
outcome of the talks, which are due to end on Friday but are likely to continue
into the weekend.
An option to start the process of drawing up a potential roadmap for the
“transition away from fossil fuels” was included in the first draft of a
potential outcome from the two weeks of talks, published on Tuesday. But early
on Friday morning, a “mutirão” text was published by the presidency which
contained no mention of the roadmap, and no mention of the term “fossil fuels”.
It was not immediately clear how countries would respond to the proposal, but
the
Guardian understands Brazil faced pressure from some petrostates –
including Saudi Arabia, Russia and some large fossil fuel consumers including
India – to omit the potential resolution."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
