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From deforestation to fossil fuels: What did countries actually agree on at COP30?

COP30 may go down in history as a fiery flop, as divisions quashed all hope for a commitment to fossil fuel phaseout.

Euronews · Nov 24, 2025

Cop30: five reasons the UN climate conference failed to deliver on its ‘people’s summit’ promise

As the sun set on the Amazon, the promise of a “people’s Cop” faded with it. The latest UN climate summit – known as Cop30, hosted in the Brazilian city of Belém – came with the usual geopolitics and the added excitement of a flood and a fire.

The Conversation · Nov 23, 2025

Many hoped UN climate talks in Brazil would be historic. They may be remembered as a flop

For years, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, along with many climate experts, had high hopes for the U.N. climate talks that just finished in Brazil

The Independent UK · Nov 23, 2025

Miliband says Cop30 was ‘step forward’ despite lack of explicit fossil fuel plan

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said he ‘would have preferred a more ambitious agreement’ at Cop30 in Brazil.

Evening Standard · Nov 22, 2025

Amazon summit seals climate deal without fossil fuel plan

Nations clinched a deal at the UN's COP30 climate summit in the Amazon Saturday without a roadmap for phasing out fossil fuels as demanded by the European Union and other countries.

Radio France Internationale · Nov 22, 2025

Fury, confusion and gratitude as climate deal reached in Belém – as it happened

After a series of all-night meetings and fears the summit could collapse, an agreement has been gavelled through at Cop30

The Guardian - UK · Nov 22, 2025

Cop30 climate summit runs into overtime amid divisions over fossil fuels

The outcome of Brazil's Cop30 climate summit is hanging in the balance, with the European Union and others refusing to accept a draft deal that omits any call to phase out fossil fuels.

Radio France Internationale · Nov 22, 2025

Miliband urges Cop30 to find ‘creative’ routes to roadmap on phasing out fossil fuel

UK energy secretary says UN climate talks must find way to keep proposals alive despite significant resistance

The Guardian - UK · Nov 21, 2025

‘Outrageous’: COP30 draft deal drops mention of fossil fuels despite calls for transition roadmap

Experts have slammed the “shamefully weak” COP30 draft text for failing to mention fossil fuels at all.

Euronews · Nov 21, 2025

‘It’s like arguing with robots’: negotiators on the state of Cop30 talks

Three representatives of developing countries speak candidly about meetings behind closed doors in Belém

The Guardian - UK · Nov 21, 2025