Historic deal struck on fossil fuels at COP28

UAE Consensus hailed as 198 nations unanimously agree to make transition

Despite going a day over its official end time of midday on Tuesday, the United Nations climate summit ended with a "Global Stocktake "agreement unanimously approved by 198 nations, marking a historic moment.

The 28th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP28, concluded on Wednesday in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, with the final text of the climate deal calling for "transitioning away from fossil fuels".

It marked the first time that firm action on fossil fuels has been agreed at a COP summit.