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The Cop28 climate summit has approved a landmark agreement that will push countries, for the first time, to move away from fossil fuels to avoid the worst effects of climate change.
The new agreement was agreed at the UN climate summit in Dubai after several days of negotiations.
For the first time, the agreement calls on all countries to move away from using fossil fuels - but not to phase them out, something many governments wanted.
The text recognizes the need for deep, rapid and sustainable reductions if humanity is to limit temperature rise to 1.5C
"Together we have faced the realities and set the world in the right direction," said COP28 President Sultan Ahmed Al-Jaber.
Norway's climate minister Espen Barth Eide said earlier that fossil fuels were the "elephant in the room" at the summit.
At no previous conference of the parties, or COP, have nations agreed to a joint transition away from oil, gas and coal.
Burning fossil fuels fuels global warming, endangering millions of lives. Until now, governments have never collectively agreed to ban their use.
Leaders are expected to approve the document on Wednesday and end two weeks of difficult negotiations. Agreements reached at United Nations summits must be approved by consensus, and each country is then responsible for their implementation, through national policies and investments.
The aim of this agreement is that by 2050 there will be no emission of carbon dioxide in nature from these fuels.
It also calls for tripling the capacity for renewable energy by 2030, to increase efforts to reduce the use of coal, and to work towards the decarbonization of industries. If approved, the deal would mark the first time in decades that countries have agreed to phase out oil, gas and coal, which generate about 80 percent of the world's energy.
Scientists have said that these fuels are the main source of greenhouse gas emissions, which then affect climate change.
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