Idea of fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty gets traction at COP28

With the fossil fuel "phase out" points missing in the new text of COP28, a few countries on Monday pushed for the idea of a "fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty" giving a call for having an international mechanism on the lines of the "treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons" (NPT) that came into force over five decades ago. Responding to the COP28 presidency draft text on global stocktake (GST), Alex Rafalowicz, executive director of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative, said, "The Presidency promised a historic outcome on the transition away from fossil fuels".