Monday's Energy Absurdity: Latest COP28 Draft Cops Out on Fossil Fuels Phase-out

The draft final agreement released by COP28 leadership Friday obviously landed with a dull thud, as the five options for language related to a “phasing-out” of fossil fuels in the coming years failed to gain traction.

So, having failed with that approach, drafters did what drafters at these COP conferences always do, and watered down the language even f…