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Cop28 agreement calls for a phase out of fossil fuels

For the first time, the Cop28 summit agreement calls on countries to transition away from fossil fuels. Many leaders are unsatisfied with the agreement, as it cannot require countries to move away from the resource.

The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), representing the countries on the frontlines of climate change but have contributed little emissions to cause it, said the text contains "a litany of loopholes."