The delegates at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, the U.N. annual climate conference, have reached a deal on a final agreement.

At United Nations climate talks billed widely as having a special focus on Indigenous people, those people themselves have mixed feelings about whether the highlight reel matches reality.

By Lisandra Paraguassu and Valerie Volcovici BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -On the banks of the Guama River where the city of Belem presses up against the vast green Amazon, Brazil is pioneering an economic model designed to help locals profit from a healthy rainforest.

The symbolism was undeniable when fire erupted at the COP30 climate talks just as negotiators considered phasing out fossil fuels.

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.

Belem delivered historic pledges on just transition and new momentum on climate action. Yet the absence of concrete funding pathways leaves frontline nations warning that ambition without resources ri

As leaders meet in Belém, see what Iran, one of the world’s top ten carbon emitters, said about its plans to tackle climate change at COP30.

The UN Climate Change summit held in Belem ended with countries failing to deliver fossil fuel transition and deforestation roadmaps

India welcomed CoP30's outcomes, stressing equity and climate justice. It called on developed nations to fulfill finance pledges, praised the Just Transition Mechanism, and warned against unilateral trade measures in climate action.

The fire erupted when global ministers were deeply engrossed in negotiations to break a deadlock over fossil fuels, climate finance and trade measures.