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'Are we really going to risk our future on a shopping list?': Anger builds at COP28 over 'weak' draft text

Cecilia Keating in Dubai

11 December 2023 • 6 min read

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Business leaders, civil society, and governments pledge to put up a major fight to strengthen draft text proposed by President this afternoon, as tense negotiations continue

Anger was building in the hallways of the COP28 Climate Summit in Dubai this evening, after the long-awaited draft of the Summit's final text failed to commit to a 'phase out' or 'phase down' of unabated...

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