This is not a final text. Sultan Al-Jaber, the COP28 president, was meeting behind closed doors with country negotiators, including those from Saudi Arabia, to go over the blueprint and make edits before unveiling a final proposal early Wednesday morning.
Climate negotiators in Dubai were huddling early Wednesday on a draft agreement calling on nations to swiftly transition away from using fossil fuels, as they neared the end of talks meant to avert the worst consequences of global warming.
The compromise text represents a more forceful assertion of the world’s commitment to cutting greenhouse gas emissions while steering clear of polarising promises to “phase out” fossil fuels that had drawn fire from Saudi Arabia and other oil-producing nations.
