Cop28 draft deal ‘does not meet the test’, says US climate envoy

John Kerry, US special presidential envoy for climate, leaves talks at the Cop28 UN Climate Summit (Rafiq Maqbool/AP)

US climate envoy John Kerry says the language on fossil fuels for a proposed deal to halt global warming at the Cop28 summit in Dubai “does not meet the test”.

Negotiators worked deep into the night at the United Nations climate talks, but several countries have expressed concerns the proposed text falls far short of goals.