As many as 82 countries called for a clear roadmap toward the phase-out of fossil fuels at the global climate summit COP30 in Brazil—but the European Union, which aims to lead by example in the global push to net zero, was not among these. At the summit in Belem, Brazil, many EU countries backed the 82-nation-strong push to ditch fossil fuels, but the EU-27 did not formally support the initiative as such backing needs the unanimous approval of all 27 member states, Politico reports. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the energy…