UN adopts Pact for the Future urging ‘transition away from fossil fuels’
A previous draft, released last July, had dropped all mentions of fossil fuels.
The UN Assembly has adopted its Pact for the Future, bringing back a mention to transition away from fossil fuels after removing it caused backlash in August.
The Pact for the Future, a list of 56 pledges to action seeking to combat climate change and social crises, calls on countries to” transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner, accelerating action in this critical decade, so as to achieve net zero by 2050 in keeping with the science” – including by phasing out “inefficient fossil fuel subsidies”.
