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EU climate chief Wopke Hoekstra laments that it has taken "30 years" of UN climate talks for humanity to "arrive at the beginning of the end of fossil fuels," calling a first-ever call for the world to transition away from the top culprit of climate change behind a planetary crisis "long overdue." Following all-night negotiations, the draft deal proposed by the Emirati presidency of the COP28 summit in Dubai would, if adopted, mark the first time that all fossil fuels are addressed in the 28-year history of international climate conferences. SOUNDBITE
Activists protest over the presence of the oil, gas and coal industry at the COP28 UN summit in Dubai, demanding an end to the use of fossil fuels. IMAGES
An activist bursts into a COP28 event and calls for an end to fossil fuels, as the presidency proposes a new draft climate agreement calling for a reduction in the production and consumption of fossil fuels but no longer mentioning a "phase-out". IMAGES
Thousands of people march the streets of New York City demanding US President Biden and other world leaders to put an end to fossil fuels, ahead of the UN General Assembly and Climate Week. IMAGES
Activists from a number of NGOs, including Glasgow Actions Team and 350.org, unfurl a banner with a wind turbine in front of the Eiffel Tower, on the Place du Trocadéro in Paris, to call for an end to the financing of fossil fuels and the taxation of polluters, on the eve of the Paris summit for "a new global financial pact". IMAGES