As the negotiations at the climate change conference moved into the last leg, two issues that were being most keenly tracked — and progress on which is being considered critical for the success of this meeting — were those related to the need to agree on the phase-out of all fossil fuels, and the setting up of a separate finance facility for loss and damage. There are wide divergences between countries on both these issues. The proposal to agree to phase-out all fossil fuels was put forward by India. It wants this reference included in the final decisions here. Last...