The Independent, on Climate, 15 November 2026
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Read the original article on independent.co.uk (opens in a new tab)The article reports that a coalition of countries working to move away from fossil fuels is pressing ahead at COP31 after Colombia withdrew under a new pro-oil president, with Ireland and Tuvalu taking over leadership. It states plainly that fossil fuels drive global warming, attributes contested claims to the people who make them, and includes sceptical expert voices on whether voluntary road maps deliver. Nothing in it misleads the reader.
“the fossil fuels that are the main drivers of global warming”
The article states the human cause of warming as fact in its own voice, with no hedge, matching the documented record.
“expanding supplies of natural gas, itself a fossil fuel, would help reduce emissions”
The article attributes the minister's claim that more gas will cut emissions to him and reminds the reader that gas is itself a fossil fuel, so the claim does not pass as settled fact.
“progress since Santa Marta had been limited, with only a handful of countries publishing national transition road maps”
The article does not let the coalition's own account of momentum stand alone; it gives an independent expert's view that progress has been limited.
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