Cop28 leaves the highway to climate hell wide open | Letters

Readers reflect on the failures of the Dubai climate summit and suggest what needs to be done to avert a climate catastropheFiona Harvey claims that the deal reached at Cop28 in Dubai amounts to a "de facto phase-out of fossil fuels" (After 30 years of waiting, Cop28 deal addresses the elephant in the room, 13 December). But did it?The Dubai deal speaks of a transition "away from fossil fuels in energy systems". Sounds good. But "in energy systems"? What does this phrase mean? It is not interpreted in the agreement, and thus left ambiguous. Continue reading...