India is drawing support for its proposal for countries to agree to the phase down of all fossil fuels at the UN climate summit in Egypt, rather than the narrower deal to phase down coal that was struck at the last summit.
The country that derives the majority of its power supply from coal was blamed along with China for weakening the final agreement about ending coal use at last year’s Glasgow summit.
India’s attempt to take the focus away from coal at COP27 has gained traction unexpectedly. The EU’s green chief Frans Timmermans on Tuesday said the bloc was supportive of “any call to phase down all fossil fuels”.
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