By Virginia Furness

LONDON (Reuters) -Public funding for international fossil fuel deals fell by up to 78% last year across a coalition of 35 countries, though members of the group, including Germany and the United States, approved new projects, research by a group of NGOs showed on Tuesday.

Countries agreed at UN climate talks in 2021 to cease the practice by the end of 2022 and prioritise investment in clean energy instead. The agreement, known as the Clean Energy Transition Partnership, covers export finance, development finance and official development assistance.

Tuesday’s report from think tank the International Institute for Sustainable Development, and NGOs Oil Change International and Friends of the Earth U.S. said trade wars, rising geopolitical tensions and the United States’

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