COP28 should seek total fossil fuel ‘phaseout’: UN chief to AFP

COP28 should seek total fossil fuel ‘phaseout’: UN chief to AFP

The COP28 climate conference should aim for a complete "phaseout" of fossil fuels, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told AFP on Wednesday, warning of "total disaster" on humanity's current trajectory."Obviously I am strongly in favor of language that includes (a) phaseout, even with a reasonable time framework," Guterres said in an interview before flying off to the United Arab Emirates, the oil-rich nation hosting the two-week UN climate summit beginning Thursday. COP28 should seek total fossil fuel 'phaseout': UN chief to AFP