An alliance of nations committed to phasing out oil and gas production has struggled to expand since its launch a year ago, signing up just two countries as "friends" on Wednesday.

Led by Denmark and Costa Rica, the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance (BOGA) counts France and Greenland among its eight core members, but no large fossil fuel producing nations.

Organisers announcing its launch at UN climate talks in Glasgow last year had hoped it would inspire a global movement towards ending fossil fuels.

But at the COP27 climate talks in Egypt, just Fiji and Chile signed up as "friends" of the alliance on Wednesday, while the US state of Washington has joined as a full member.

Representatives from Kenya and the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu told a conference their countries intended to join at a later stage.

BOGA in a statement noted it had managed to attract new partners despite the global energy crisis which has seen a rush towards oil and in particular gas.

The alliance also announced a new $10 million fund, financed by philanthropic works, to provide technical assistance to developing countries in early stages of their energy transitions.

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