Express at COP30: Countries reject draft text as it skips roadmap on fossil fuel phase-out

“We cannot support an outcome that does not include a roadmap for implementing a just, orderly and equitable transition away from fossil fuels. This expectation is shared by a vast majority of Parties… in its present form, the proposal (draft text) does not meet the minimum conditions required for a credible COP outcome,” the 29 countries said in a joint letter. The political package was meant to address four long-standing concerns of different groups of countries. These concerns could not be accommodated in the official agenda of the COP30 meeting because of the deep differences between the countries on these…