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COP26: New global climate deal struck in Glasgow

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Sunday, November 14, 2021

The line calling for the "phase-down of unabated coal" and an end to "inefficient" fossil fuel subsidies is unprecedented in a COP agreement, experts say, even if it was weakened.

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