COP28 “beginning of end” of fossil fuels - EU Commissioner

The European Commissioner for Climate Change says COP28 should mark the beginning of the end of fossil fuels. Wopke Hoekstra was speaking in Dubai where the 28th UN Climate Change Conference, COP28 is taking place.

The European Union is calling for urgent action to bring down greenhouse gas emissions this decade. And the bloc’s demanding nations respect commitments made under the Paris Agreement, to limit global warming to one point five degrees Celsius. Commissioner Hoekstra says all one hundred and ninety parties (190) at COP28, will need to agree to phase out fossil fuels.  

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