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Clean energy deal puts spotlight on future of fossil fuels at COP28

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COP28 will be held in a petro-state this year and will feature multifront battles over how fossil fuels figure in climate policy worldwide.

On Friday, a meeting of more than 100 countries agreed to an interim goal for emissions reductions from global aviation by 2030 by using less-polluting fuels. The goal, which came after five days of UN-led talks in Dubai, called for 5% lower carbon emissions through the use of cleaner energies such

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