The United Nations climate conference on Monday published a draft agreement that stopped short of calling on countries to phase out their use of fossil fuels, sparking criticism from environmentalists.

The long-awaited draft text is the first global stocktake put forth by the U.N.'s Framework Convention on Climate Change since the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015.

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It calls for governments to proceed a “just” and “orderly” reduction in the use and production of fossil fuels, but stops short of calling outright for their phase-out, as sought by environmentalists.

It also called for "rapidly phasing down" the use of "unabated coal" — that is, coal power that does not include technology to capture carbon emission. The text also endorses tripling renewable energy growth by 2030 and ramping up carbon capture technologies and technologies to help reduce emissions from the atmosphere.

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Leaders will have until the end of the summit Tuesday to finalize the language.

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