Climate consensus nears at COP30
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Here are five key takeaways from what some have called the "COP of truth". The most important thing to come out of COP30 is that the climate 'ship' is still afloat But many participants are unhappy that they didn't get anything close to what they wanted.
Many gave the deal lukewarm praise as the best that could be achieved in trying times, while others complained about the package or the process that led to its approval.
The delegates at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, the U.N. annual climate conference, have reached a deal on a final agreement.
Negotiators resolved a protracted standoff over the balance between action to cut greenhouse gas emissions and provide climate finance.
Several nations held firm Friday in blocking proposals in the final stages of this year's U.N. climate talks because they failed to explicitly cite the burning of fuels such as oil, gas and coal as causes of global warming,
Global climate talks in Brazil wrapped up with a deal to increase funding for countries hit by warming but no plan to phase out fossil fuels.
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Analysis-What the COP30 climate summit in the Amazon delivered for forests and Indigenous people
Brazil insisted on hosting this year's COP30 climate summit in the Amazonian city of Belem to put rainforests at the heart of negotiations on how to curb global warming. But as delegates from almost every country concluded tense talks under the rainforest's humid heat,
A fire broke out on Thursday at a pavilion inside the convention hall in Belém, where more than 50,000 diplomats, journalists and activists have gathered for a global climate summit. It is not yet known what caused the fire or whether any injuries occurred.
Brazil presented the COP30 climate summit with a deal in the early hours of Friday that omitted any reference to exiting fossil fuels amid stiff resistance from producing countries.
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COP30 deal increases money to climate-hit countries but no explicit fossil fuel plan, AP explains
After two weeks of negotiations, this year’s United Nations climate talks have ended with what critics are calling a weak compromise. (AP video by Joshua A. Bickel)
A lack of leadership proved to be the ultimate stumbling block for Cop30 - Multilateralism survived another year at Cop30 in Brazil - but the outcome was far below the level of ambition that is needed
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