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COP28 leaders call for transition away from fossil fuels

Members of Greenpeace gather for a photo around a sign that reads "we will end fossil fuels" at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Rafiq Maqbool/AP)
Members of Greenpeace gather for a photo around a sign that reads "we will end fossil fuels" at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Rafiq Maqbool/AP)

World leaders reached a historic climate deal in Dubai, but many climate scientists say it doesn’t go far enough to keep within the two-degree warming limit set by the 2015 Paris Climate Accords.

Naveena Sadasivam is senior staff writer for Grist and join us.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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