European Union countries' climate ministers meet on Monday to decide the bloc's negotiating position for this year's COP28 summit - but they are still split over some key issues, like how hard to push for a global deal to phase out fossil fuels.
The EU is typically one of the most ambitious negotiators at the annual United Nations climate talks, where nearly 200 countries negotiate efforts to fight global warming. This year'sAround 10 of the EU's 27 member countries including Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands and Slovenia want the bloc to demand a phase out of all fossil fuels, EU diplomats told Reuters.
A similar number - including the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Poland and Slovakia - are more cautious. They want a phase-out only of "unabated" fossil fuels, leaving a window for countries to keep burning coal, gas and oil if they use technology to "abate" - meaning capture - the resulting emissions.The split reflects simmering global tensions. EU countries opposing a full phase-out include poorer nations who fear the impact of weaning their economies off fossil fuels.
A draft of the EU's negotiating position, seen by Reuters, would call for a "global phase-out of fossil fuels and a peak in their consumption already in the near term".Other major emitters are watching and some diplomats said a weakened stance from the EU - the world's third-biggest economy - could kill off hopes of an ambitious COP28 deal.
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