A new draft text on the outcome of the Cop30 climate talks has been published that contains no mention of a phase-out of fossil fuels, despite countries supporting such action having threatened to block any agreement without it. An option to start the process of drawing up a potential roadmap for the “transition away from fossil fuels” was included in the first draft of a potential outcome from the two weeks of talks, published on Tuesday. But early on Friday morning, a “mutirão” text was published by the presidency which contained no mention of the roadmap, and no mention of the term “fossil fuels”. It reads: “We cannot support an outcome that does not include a roadmap for implementing a just, orderly, and equitable transition away from fossil fuels. Some started to draw up proposals for a forum in which all countries could take part, to discuss a possible roadmap for the transition.
