"After two weeks of intense negotiations on the edge of the Amazon rainforest, the UN published a new draft text on Friday morning detailing plans for tackling the climate crisis. The latest text omits the mention of a roadmap to move away from burning the fossil fuels that are driving the changes in Earth's climate and leading to increased drought, flooding, storms and deadly heat."
"Though this transition beyond oil, coal and gas was referenced in an earlier draft document this week, the newest version instead includes proposals for increasing finance for adaptation, trade, and accelerating emissions cuts in national climate plans. Yet it is the topic of accelerating the world's move away from fossil fuels that has sparked heated negotiations over the last week. Deep divisions have emerged between countries in support of a roadmap, and a significant bloc, including petrostates such as Saudia Arabia and Iran,"
After two weeks of negotiations in Brazil near the Amazon, a new UN draft omits a previously referenced roadmap to transition away from oil, coal and gas. The revised draft focuses on increasing finance for adaptation, trade measures and accelerating emissions cuts in national climate plans. Strong disagreements emerged over a fossil fuel phase-out, with a bloc including petrostates such as Saudi Arabia and Iran opposing a roadmap and supporters pushing for acceleration. The European Union expressed disappointment. Hosts Brazil sought an early deal amid Indigenous protests, the US absence, and a venue fire that disrupted penultimate-day talks.
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