'On the verge of complete failure': Critics fear watered down climate deal as COP28 nears finish

A new draft released Monday called for countries to reduce 'consumption and production of fossil fuels, in a just, orderly and equitable manner'

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Negotiators from around the world haggled deep into the night to try to strike a deal to halt global warming at United Nations climate talks, with Western powers and vulnerable developing countries worried that a proposed text fell far short of goals to save the planet.

A new draft released Monday of what’s known as the global stocktake — the part of talks that assesses where the world is at with its climate goals and how it can reach them — called for countries to reduce “consumption and production of fossil fuels, in a just, orderly and equitable manner.”