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COP28 | Negotiators burn midnight oil over fossil fuels

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DUBAI - Time is quickly running out at the COP28 Climate Summit in Dubai.

Negotiators burnt the midnight oil to reach consensus on a deal on fossil fuels.

The summit was expected to end on Tuesday but temperatures are still high over wording of the draft text.

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Some feel the language is too soft on phasing out of oil and gas.

The text currently calls for a just, orderly and equitable transition to reach net zero before or around 2050.

* eNCA's Siphamandla Goge reports.

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