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Final Deal At Cop30 Stops Short Of Commitment To Phase Out Fossil Fuel

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final deal at cop30 stops short of commitment to phase out fossil fuel

The Cop30 climate conference in Brazil ended on Saturday without an agreement for the world to commit to phasing out fossil fuels. More than 80 nations had been pushing for the gathering in the northern city of Belem to strengthen efforts to move away from fossil fuels, but some oil-producing nations were said to have been... Speaking to the media after the final plenary session was concluded, the Cop30 president, Andre Correa do Lago, acknowledged that “some of you had higher ambitions” for the final agreement. CommentThe key to tackling climate change is not what we think The agreement instead calls on nations to undertake measures to limit carbon emissions while “taking into account” decisions such as the UAE Consensus, the historic agreement at Cop28 in Dubai that was the first... The UN climate summit has agreed on a deal that does not include a roadmap for the phaseout of fossil fuels.

DW has more. Nearly 200 nations have agreed on a deal after the 30th annual UN climate conference was extended. The European Union had said it would not stand in the way, but denounced the lack of ambition in the draft agreement, which omits any direct mention of phasing out fossil fuels. The summit was extended into Saturday after delegates had failed to seal a deal, with fossil fuels one of the main sticking points. Follow along for the latest news, background and analysis from the COP30 climate conference in Brazil: The agreement does not include a roadmap to phase out fossil fuels worldwide.

It took an extra day, but delegates at COP30, the United Nations' climate conference, have reached a deal on a final agreement. The agreement, however, falls far short of the high expectations many delegates, environmental groups and non-governmental organizations had going into the annual conference in Belém, Brazil. Despite more than 80 countries calling for a roadmap to phase out fossil fuels worldwide, the primary cause of human-amplified climate change, that demand did not make it into the final text. Although the conference took place in what's called the "gateway to the Amazon," the COP30 agreement also doesn't include any significant new initiatives to stop deforestation and protect the Amazon rainforest, known as "the... COP30 President Andre Correa do Lago (C) speaks during a plenary session of the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in Belem, Para state, Brazil on November 21, 2025. Talks concluded Saturday night with a compromise agreement that avoids a direct commitment to phase out fossil fuels.

Photo: Pablo Porciuncula / AFP / Lehtikuva The UN COP30 climate summit concluded in Belém, Brazil, on Saturday night with an agreement between nearly 200 countries, but the final deal fell short of expectations, omitting any explicit commitment to phase out... After days of prolonged negotiations and overnight sessions, COP30 President André Corrêa do Lago gavelled the deal through in the face of strong objections from multiple countries. Delegates from the European Union, Colombia, Switzerland, Panama, and others protested what they called a lack of transparency and the dismissal of key procedural objections. At one point, plenary discussions were suspended as countries accused the presidency of ignoring requests to speak and bypassing agreed language. The approved resolution includes pledges to triple funding for climate adaptation by 2035 and a global Just Transition Mechanism aimed at ensuring fairness in the shift to a green economy.

However, the final text excluded direct references to coal, oil or gas. This omission followed intense lobbying by oil-producing nations, including Saudi Arabia, which sought to prevent any formal recognition of fossil fuel phase-out commitments. Following bitter rows, the UN climate summit COP30 in Belém, Brazil has ended with a deal that contains no direct reference to the fossil fuels that are heating up the planet. It is a frustrating end for more than 80 countries including the UK and EU that wanted the meeting to commit the world to stop using using oil, coal and gas at a faster... But oil-producing nations held the line that they should be allowed to use their fossil fuel resources to grow their economies. The meeting takes place as the UN says it fears global efforts to limit global temperature rise to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels have failed.

A representative for Colombia furiously criticised the COP presidency for not allowing countries to object to the deal in the final meeting on Saturday, known as a plenary. Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Melina Walling, Associated Press Melina Walling, Associated Press Anton L. Delgado, Associated Press Anton L. Delgado, Associated Press

BELEM, Brazil (AP) — United Nations climate talks in Brazil reached a subdued agreement Saturday to deliver more money to countries hit hardest by climate change to help them adapt to extreme weather’s wrath. But the agreement doesn’t include an explicit detailed map to phase out fossil fuels or strengthen inadequate emissions cutting plans. The Brazilian hosts of the conference said they’d eventually come up with a road map to get away from fossil fuels working with hardline Colombia, but it won’t have the same force as something...

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