This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
The United Nations climate agency published a first draft on Thursday of what could be the overarching agreement from the COP27 climate summit in Egypt. However, much of the text is likely to be reworked in the coming days.
The reaction from some nonprofits has been swift and frustrated, with one Greenpeace representative saying it paved the way for “climate hell.”
The document, labeled a “non-paper,” indicating it is still far from the final version, repeats the goal from last year’s Glasgow climate pact “to accelerate measures towards the phase-down of unabated coal power and phase out and rationalize inefficient fossil fuel subsidies.”
Last year was the first time a decision agreed by all parties even mentioned fossil fuels and coal as part of the climate.
But it does not call for a phase-down of all fossil fuel... Read more
