Big fossil-fuel countries back Brazil-led transition roadmap

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Some countries including Germany and the Netherlands call for the roadmaps to inform a key global review of climate progress in 2028 The post Big fossil-fuel countries back…

Some big fossil fuel-producing countries - among them India, Nigeria and Germany - have swung behind the Brazil-led roadmap to phase out coal, oil and gas, while the UN chief said on Tuesday that all countries should start to make progress on cutting fossil fuels by 2028.

COP30 President André Corrêa do Lago presented the newly published global roadmap on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels (TAFF) to a packed plenary room in Antalya, cheered on by rounds of applause from delegates and civil society.

Nigeria - an OPEC oil producer that participated in the Santa Marta conference on phasing out fossil fuels earlier this year - welcomed the roadmap and said its recognition that countries have different starting points is “fundamental”.

Some big fossil fuel-producing countries - among them India, Nigeria and Germany - have swung behind the Brazil-led roadmap to phase out coal, oil and gas, while the UN chief said on Tuesday that all countries should start to make progress on cutting fossil fuels by 2028.

COP30 President André Corrêa do Lago presented the newly published global roadmap on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels (TAFF) to a packed plenary room in Antalya, cheered on by rounds of applause from delegates and civil society.

Nigeria - an OPEC oil producer that participated in the Santa Marta conference on phasing out fossil fuels earlier this year - welcomed the roadmap and said its recognition that countries have different starting points is “fundamental”.

“As a developing country with significant energy resources, energy access challenges and growing industrial ambitions, we must industrialise and decarbonise simultaneously,” the Nigerian delegate told the event.

She welcomed the roadmap’s proposed system for nations to self-identify their fossil fuel demand, supply and exposure of their wider economies, but said the “real test of this roadmap” will be translating transition pathways into “investable opportunities”.

India - the world’s third-largest oil consumer and…

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