It took an extra day, but the delegates at COP30, the U.N. annual 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 conference in Belém, Brazil.

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.

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.

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.

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

The COP30 climate summit fails to secure new pledges to cut fossil fuels after running over time for more than 18 hours.