“With this global commitment, we have built a broad and strong coalition of countries committed to the transition to clean energy (...). We are united by our common conviction that, to meet the 1.5°C target of the Paris Agreement, we must phase out fossil fuels.” On the second day of COP28, devoted to political declarations, at the Global Climate Action Summit in Dubai on 2 December, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, together with the COP Presidency and...