Negotiators at the UN climate summit in Dubai are grappling with whether to call for a phase-out of fossil fuels. Australia, a major fossil fuel producer, is under a lot of pressure from Pacific countries and Western allies to join this pledge. But as The World’s Sarah Birnbaum in Sydney reports, domestic politics make it a tricky proposition.
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