Countries scramble to find meaningful agreement on future of fossil fuels

Climate activists attend a protest against fossil fuels during Cop 28 in Dubai. Picture: Giuseppe Cacace/AFP via Getty Images

Negotiations went long into the Dubai night as countries desperately scrambled to find meaningful consensus on the future of fossil fuels at the UN's Cop28 climate change summit.

An impasse over how oil, gas, and coal will be "phased out" remained the key sticking point as 198 countries tried to agree a deal that would save the UN's flagship climate event from being deemed a failure.