COP28 ends on a bitter note as new ‘choose your own adventure’ draft divides leaders

A new draft of the global stocktake, released late yesterday, has raised the alarm at COP28 for backtracking on most of the energy and finance commitments necessary to keep the temperature rise below1.5ºC.

While the previous draft included two options to phase out fossil fuels, the updated version now only talks about “reducing both consumption and production of fossil fuels” as one of eight non-mandatory options countries can take to reduce GHG emissions.