Draft Glasgow ‘Decisions’ Float First-Time Phaseout For Fossil Subsidies

November 10, 2021
The organizers of the ongoing international climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, have released new draft “decisions” from the conference, including first-time language urging countries to phase out coal and fossil fuel subsidies, and to strengthen their greenhouse gas targets by the end of next year. The provisions are included in two texts released early Nov. 10 by the United Kingdom presidency of the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations climate treaty, as the meeting is formally...


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