Oil industry ‘scared’ says Mary Robinson as Cop28 talks focus on possible fossil fuel phase-out

Activists demonstrate with a sign reading ‘negotiate a plant based treaty’ at the summit in Dubai (AP)

The oil industry is starting to sweat as United Nations climate talks heat up and threaten to plug wells for good, veteran negotiation observers have said.

A reported letter from Opec’s leader pleading with the oil cartel’s member countries to block any language in an agreement at the climate talks that would phase out or phase down fossil fuels has rocked negotiations in Dubai.