US EditionWhat Do We Know About Climate Change? How Do We Know It? And Where Are We Headed?
COP30 concluded with a deal to triple adaptation finance for poorer countries but avoided committing to a fossil fuel phase-out amid geopolitical tensions and emerging economies' resistance.
- Yesterday, COP30 in Belém, Brazil concluded with a decision urging countries to accelerate climate action and calls for efforts to triple an earlier $40 billion commitment by 2035, but it did not include an explicit fossil fuel phase-out.
- A Brazilian proposal released on Friday, called a `BRICS text`, reflected emerging economies' influence, while the United States' absence and Saudi Arabia's resistance blocked stronger fossil fuel language.
- Leaked notes from a closed‑door ministerial meeting on Friday revealed fractious talks that forced overtime, EU Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra complained of backtracking, and a closing‑days fire disrupted negotiations.
- Analysts noted the decision will do little immediately as it punts tangible measures, vulnerable nations gained voluntary tracking, and the five major emitting countries account for 46 percent of 2025 emissions.
- Scientific studies this year linked emissions to impacts, while U.N. Secretary‑General António Guterres called the shift to limiting overshoot a "grim assessment" as chances of the 1.5‑degree Paris goal fade; next year's talks will be in Turkey.
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The world is fractured. The climate talks reflected that.
BELÉM, Brazil — The U.S. snubbed the talks. Petro-states and fossil-fuel-hungry emerging economies got most of what they wanted. And Europeans struggled to show they were prepared to lead the effort to squelch global warming. Two weeks of climate negotiations hardly ended in triumph Saturday, following a U.N. summit whose final days included a fire that interrupted discussions about how to stop burning the planet. But they did end, with a deal t…
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The annual United Nations climate conference has ended with an agreement that urges action to address global warming, but falls short of endorsing a phase-out of fossil fuels.After two weeks of heated debates, meetings and negotiations at the COP30 summit in the Brazilian city of Belem, world leaders on Saturday agreed to a deal that calls for countries to “significantly accelerate and scale up climate action worldwide”.Recommended Stories list …
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