COP30 draft deal drops effort for new fossil fuel transition agreement
Reuters November 21, 2025 07:40 PM
Synopsis

A key element of the COP30 climate summit deal has been removed. The latest draft text shows that language on transitioning away from fossil fuels has been dropped. This comes after some nations pushed for a clear roadmap while others resisted. The proposal still needs agreement from all participating countries. Further discussions may occur before a final decision is reached.

An attempt to secure agreement on how to move away from fossil fuels was dropped from the latest proposed COP30 deal on climate action, a draft text published early on Friday by the United Nations showed.

Some nations at the U.N. climate summit have been pushing hard for a "roadmap" setting out how countries should follow through with a promise, made at COP28 two years ago, to transition away from fossil fuels.

Others have been resisting any new agreement on the subject.


The first version of the latest deal, published earlier this week, contained a set of options for language on the subject, but these had been removed entirely from the latest version.

Friday's proposal still has to be agreed by consensus at the summit, and could be subject to further negotiation.

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