BELÉM, Brazil — The European Union was notably absent from a group of 82 countries calling for a clear path away from fossil fuels at the U.N. climate talks Tuesday.
In a moment of theater in the Amazon city of Belém, dozens of countries demanded a “road map” that would chart their way off fossil fuels — sending the fuels that drive climate change to the fore of a U.N. process that rarely discusses them directly.
But the EU, a self-described climate leader, was not among them.
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Many EU countries backed the démarche, with ministers from Denmark and Germany taking a prominent role in the announcement.
