This week at COP30 in Belem, the two-week climate summit ran into overtime, with negotiators burning the midnight oil to hash out a deal 🌍⏳. Scheduled to wrap up on Friday, talks pushed well past the deadline as countries squared off over a draft agreement.
COP30 President Andre Correa do Lago kicked off the public plenary by urging unity: "This cannot be an agenda that divides us," he said, before sending delegates back for more marathon negotiations 🤝.
Tension flared over the future of fossil fuels. The European Union balked at language it argued wouldn’t drive down greenhouse gas emissions fast enough. Meanwhile, several emerging economies demanded the bloc step up financing to help poorer nations cope with climate impacts.
"We can’t just work with one pathway," said a developing country negotiator on condition of anonymity. "If there’s a pathway for fossil fuel, there has to be a pathway for climate finance as well."
Callouts for a phaseout of oil, coal and gas echo rising frustration over slow progress since the COP28 agreement in Dubai last December. Divisions also persist on trade measures and the level of support vulnerable nations need to adapt to floods, droughts and other severe climate impacts.
The draft deal on the table called for a "manyfold increase" in funding for developing countries and urged efforts to triple adaptation finance by 2030 compared with 2025 levels. Yet the text was rejected, leaving talks deadlocked late into the night.
As negotiations stretch into overtime, eyes are on Belem as delegates race to bridge divides and seal a pact that could define the next decade of climate action. Stay tuned – the final chapter of COP30 is still being written!
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COP30 climate summit runs overtime, president urges agreement
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