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Nearly 200 countries agreed at the summit to begin reducing global consumption of fossil fuel and adopt a raft of measures, including more clean energy production.
supporters of language to phase out fossil fuels and had the backing of major oil and gas producers such as the United States, Canada and Norway, as well as the European Union and scores of other governments.
A draft of a final deal, published on Monday by the United Arab Emirates, which holds the presidency of the summit, suggested eight options countries 'could' take to cut emissions.
The draft has set the stage for contentious last-minute negotiations in the two-week summit in Dubai, which has laid bare deep international divisions over whether oil, gas and coal should have a place in a climate-friendly future.
Observers in the negotiations said Saudi Arabia and Russia were insisting that COP28 focus only on reducing climate pollution - with no mention of the fossil fuels causing it.
Still unresolved is how the nearly 200 countries at COP28 will handle the issue of fossil fuels, the main source of climate-warming emissions.
Underscoring the urgency of the climate crisis, European Union scientists said November had wrapped up the world's warmest autumn ever recorded.
The proposal is certain to spark heated debate among the nearly 200 countries attending the two-week conference in Dubai.
The philanthropies, which include the Bezos Earth Fund, Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Sequoia Climate Foundation, will help accelerate the phase-down of methane emissions and other non-carbon dioxide greenhouse gases.
Global warming must be limited to the Paris Agreement target of 1.5 degrees Celsius to avert catastrophic health impacts, according to the WHO.