The fossil fuel phrases that countries will fight over at the upcoming COP28
Getting the world off greenhouse gas-spewing fossil fuels is a key part of global climate negotiations. But whether those fossil fuels are "unabated," and where we need to phase them "down" or phase them "out," are expected to cause fierce debate at the upcoming United Nations climate summit, COP28.
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![Quest carbon capture and storage facility in Fort Saskatchewan Alta, on Friday November 6, 2015. Quest is designed to capture and safely store more than one million tonnes of CO2 each year an equivalent to the emissions from about 250,000 cars. A tangle of pipes, with some white tanks on the left and some smoke or vapour coming out one of them.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7041260.1701131165!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/shell-carbon-capture-20151109.jpg)
Getting the world off greenhouse gas-spewing fossil fuels is a key part of global climate negotiations. But whether those fossil fuels are "unabated," and where we need to phase them "down" or phase them "out," are expected to cause fierce debate at the upcoming United Nations climate summit, COP28.