Negotiators from nearly 200 countries have accepted a new climate agreement after the COP26 summit in Glasgow concluded with a deal that recognises India’s intervention for the world to “phase down”, rather than “phase out” fossil fuels.
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After a huddle between the envoys from India, China, the US and the EU, a clause was hurriedly amended to ask countries to “phase down” their coal use.
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The Glasgow Climate Pact