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China says fossil fuels deal 'not perfect' but key to COP28 success
China's top climate diplomat on Saturday (Dec 9) said a final agreement on fossil fuels at the United Nations COP28 summit was crucial - even if not perfect - but he declined to say whether the country could agree to eliminating coal, oil and gas entirely. An agreement by the world's nearly 200 countries to eliminate fossil fuels - the main driver of climate change - has become the make or break issue on the negotiating table at the Dubai summit.The Chinese climate envoy, Xie Zhenhua, told reporters in a briefing that without the fossil fuels agreement there was not much chance of success at COP28. China remains ... (full story)