Can we count the COP28 deal as significant progress?

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The 2023 UN climate summit’s draft decision finally specifies a transition away from fossil fuels after nearly three decades since the first COP in 1995.

As with any COP deal, the transition is not legally binding allowing petrostates to proceed with business as usual.

Tomorrow, the Weekend Brief will look at the language of the “historic” COP28 deal and a fundamental disconnect of the climate-industrial complex by approving Azerbaijan as the host of the next climate summit.

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