Governments Should Commit to Fossil Fuel Phase Out at COP27

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Community leaders from the Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice rally at COP27 for a swift, just and equitable phaseout of fossil fuels, November 15, 2022. © 2022 Hugo Duchesne/350.org In these closing days of COP27, governments are negotiating the final text detailing the key agreements reached at the United Nations climate change summit in Egypt. The first glimpse of that document was released on November 14, revealing a glaring omission: fossil fuels. To uphold their human rights obligations, governments should commit to a phase out of all fossil fuels as an…

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