Eamon Ryan calls Cop28 agreement ‘historic’ but ‘not perfect’

Transport minister Eamon Ryan has said the deal struck at the Cop28 climate conference to 'transition away' from fossil fuels is 'historic'.

Transport Minister Eamon Ryan has said the deal struck at the Cop28 climate conference to “transition away” from fossil fuels is “historic”.

Mr Ryan, Green Party leader and a lead EU negotiator on climate finance, said it was not “perfect”, but that if the package had not been delivered it “would have been a critically sad and difficult” day for the world.