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Scientists urge end to fossil fuel use as landmark IPCC report readied
Talks stretch past deadline as governments are accused of trying to water down findings
Fiona Harvey
The world must abandon fossil fuels as a matter of urgency, rather than entrusting the future climate to untried “techno-fixes” such as sucking carbon out of the air, scientists and campaigners have urged, as governments wrangled over last-minute changes to a landmark scientific report.