UN climate chief urges countries to lift 'tactical blockades' at COP28

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<div class='embed-wrap'><figure data-feedback='fb:likes,fb:comments'><img alt='Participants pose for the family photo during the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 2, 2023. Radek Pietruszka, EPA-EFE.' src='https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/12/02/20231202-epa-efe.jpg' ><figcaption>Participants pose for the family photo during the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 2, 2023. Radek Pietruszka, EPA-EFE.</figcaption></figure></div>DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The UN's climate chief urged countries at the COP28 meeting on Monday to lift "unnecessary tactical blockades", with 24 hours before the official end of talks in Dubai that are focused on a deal to phase out fossil fuels.<ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/12/08/23/un-climate-talks-chief-pushes-for-rapid-draft-deal'>UN climate talks chief pushes for rapid draft deal</a></li></ul>"First, clear the unnecessary tactical blockades out of the way," said Simon Stiell, citing the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and support the transition of less developed countries."Any strategic landmines that blow it up for one, blow it up for all," he told reporters.He urged countries to remain ambitious as they seek a way to preserve the goal of checking global warming at no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels."I urge negotiators to reject incrementalism. Each step back from the highest ambition will cost countless millions of lives," Stiell said.<ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/12/02/23/cop28-calls-for-more-nuclear-and-less-destructive-methane'>COP28: Calls for more nuclear and less 'destructive' methane</a></li></ul>"The reality is the highest-ambition outcomes are the only way for all governments to leave Dubai with a win under their belt," he said."One thing is for certain: 'I win, you lose' is a recipe for collective failure. Ultimately, it is 8 billion people's security that is at stake."Talks have intensified over calls to phase out fossil fuels, the top culprit in the planet's worsening crisis, but oil producers led by Saudi Arabia have put up tough resistance.<ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/11/29/23/5-things-to-watch-for-at-cop28-climate-talks'>5 things to watch for at COP28 climate talks</a></li></ul>© Agence France-Presse

"Any strategic landmines that blow it up for one, blow it up for all," he told reporters.He urged countries to remain ambitious as they seek a way to preserve the goal of checking global warming at no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels."I urge negotiators to reject incrementalism. Each step back from the highest ambition will cost countless millions of lives," Stiell said.<ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/12/02/23/cop28-calls-for-more-nuclear-and-less-destructive-methane'>COP28: Calls for more nuclear and less 'destructive' methane</a></li></ul>"The reality is the highest-ambition outcomes are the only way for all governments to leave Dubai with a win under their belt," he said."One thing is for certain: 'I win, you lose' is a recipe for collective failure. Ultimately, it is 8 billion people's security that is at stake."Talks have intensified over calls to phase out fossil fuels, the top culprit in the planet's worsening crisis, but oil producers led by Saudi Arabia have put up tough resistance.<ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/11/29/23/5-things-to-watch-for-at-cop28-climate-talks'>5 things to watch for at COP28 climate talks</a></li></ul>© Agence France-Presse

<ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/12/08/23/un-climate-talks-chief-pushes-for-rapid-draft-deal'>UN climate talks chief pushes for rapid draft deal</a></li></ul>"First, clear the unnecessary tactical blockades out of the way," said Simon Stiell, citing the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and support the transition of less developed countries.

<div class='embed-wrap'><figure data-feedback='fb:likes,fb:comments'><img alt='Participants pose for the family photo during the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 2, 2023. Radek Pietruszka, EPA-EFE.' src='https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/12/02/20231202-epa-efe.jpg' ><figcaption>Participants pose for the family photo during the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 2, 2023. Radek Pietruszka, EPA-EFE.</figcaption></figure></div>DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The UN's climate chief urged countries at the COP28 meeting on Monday to lift "unnecessary tactical blockades", with 24 hours before the official end of talks in Dubai that are focused on a deal to phase out fossil fuels.

Talks have intensified over calls to phase out fossil fuels, the top culprit in the planet's worsening crisis.

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UN climate chief urges countries to lift 'tactical blockades' at COP28