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EU climate chief says COP29 draft deal 'unacceptable'

The European Union's climate envoy, Wopke Hoekstra, criticized the draft deal at the UN COP29 summit in Azerbaijan as "unacceptable" with just one day remaining in the negotiations.

Published November 21,2024
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The European Union's climate envoy described the draft deal published at the deadlocked UN COP29 summit as unacceptable on Thursday, with just one day left at the conference in Azerbaijan.

"I'm not going to sugarcoat it," EU climate commissioner Wopke Hoekstra said at a news conference. "It is clearly unacceptable as it stands now."