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Boos, blowups and last-minute pause as a chaotic COP30 closes out

After marathon overnight talks, Andre Correa do Lago, COP30 presiding officer, suspended the final plenary, pausing proceedings for more than an hour during the summit's finale.
A bitter dispute over a fossil-fuel roadmap pitted the European Union against oil-producing countries and emerging economies, while Daniela Duran of Colombia raised a formal point of order about a side text that had been gaveled through.
Infrastructure failures and an Amazon downpour compounded the session's chaotic energy as NGOs booed a Holy See representative and Andre Correa do Lago apologized, saying `As many of you, I have not slept, and probably this has not helped, as well as my advanced age`.
The clashes exposed deep rifts that nearly derailed consensus on the summit text, as the suspension revealed fractures among negotiators and Russia, aligned with Brazil in BASIC, opposed Colombia's objection.
The broader context of protests and evacuations left negotiators facing uncertainty as Indigenous protesters and a fierce blaze forced evacuation, while diplomats huddled and resumed talks over the global fossil-fuel transition.

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Boos, blowups and last-minute pause as a chaotic COP30 closes out

Jabs about greedy children, boos for the Vatican, and proceedings suspended for more than an hour: the COP30 finale unfolded with the same chaotic energy that defined the summit, exposing the rifts that came close to derailing a deal.

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