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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Fiona Harvey, Damian Carrington and Jonathan Watts in Belém

RARE PHOTOS: Cop30 delegates far apart on phasing out fossil fuels and cutting carbon - The Real Truth

A banner hung underneath a huge globe suspended from the ceiling reads: 1.5C under threat: time to act
Activists hang banners during a protest at the Cop30 summit in Belém, Brazil. Photograph: André Penner/AP

Climate crisis talks look likely to stretch well into the weekend in Brazil, with countries still far apart on the crucial issues of phasing out fossil fuels and cutting carbon.

The Cop30 president, André Corrêa do Lago, urged ministers and high-ranking officials from more than 190 countries to find common ground: “We need to preserve this regime [of the Paris climate agreement] with the spirit of cooperation, not in the spirit of who is going to win or is willing to lose’” he said. “Because we know if we don’t strengthen this, everyone will lose.”

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