Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A draft agreement between nearly 200 countries at the COP30 conference to address climate change does not mention fossil fuels, which are the largest contributor to the problem.
The first version of the draft, released earlier this week included a roadmap for the "transition away from fossil fuels," but the final draft published Friday does not include the road map, let alone the term "fossil fuels."
COP30 is a meeting of United Nations countries, held this year in Belem, Brazil, to discuss how to address global climate change and formulate a plan to stop, or at least mitigate, its effects.
According to the BBC, Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern, as well as Russia and India, countries whose economies depend on either the sale or significant use of fossil fuels, are blocking a deal on reducing their use.
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