phase-out

Deverbal from phase out.

phase-out (plural phase-outs)

1. Alternative form of phaseout.
   • 2021 January 25, Chris Barker, Dr Robin Russell-Jones, “Electric cars are not the only green solution”, in The Guardian‎:

     Nissan has elected to concentrate its European operations in Sunderland, including battery development, precisely because Boris Johnson has brought forward the phase-out date for petrol and diesel vehicles to 2030. This means that Nissan will be selling into one of the best markets in the world for electric vehicles.

   • 2023 December 4, Damian Carrington, quoting Al Jaber, “Cop28 president forced into defence of fossil fuel phase-out claims”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     During the exchange, he also said: “Show me the roadmap for a phase-out of fossil fuel that will allow for sustainable socioeconomic development, unless you want to take the world back into caves.”

   • 2023 December 11, Fiona Harvey, Patrick Greenfield, Nina Lakhani, Adam Morton, Damian Carrington, “Cop28 draft climate deal criticised as ‘grossly insufficient’ and ‘incoherent’”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     Some countries are despairing that the text does not require a full phase-out of fossil fuels.

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