Irish Examiner view: Cop28 deal is done — and we must be optimistic

COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber  with United Nations climate chief Simon Stiell and COP28 CEO Adnan Amin during a plenary session at the COP28 UN Climate Summit. Picture: Kamran Jebreili/AP

As often happens with groundbreaking agreements and treaties, the Cop28 deal was eventually struck after
discussions went deep into the night.

Almost 200 countries at the UN climate change summit in Dubai came to an agreement on the need to get away from fossil fuel use in the future following lengthy negotiations.