The outcome of Brazil\u2019s COP30 climate summit was left hanging in the balance, with the European Union (EU) refusing to accept a draft deal it said would fail to advance global efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change.<\/p>\n
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The two-week conference being held in the Amazon city of Belem had been scheduled to end Friday evening but blew past that deadline as negotiations continued late into the night.<\/p>\n
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Brazil has cast the summit as a make-or-break moment for global climate cooperation, urging nations to bridge divides on issues including the future of fossil fuels and to send a message that concerted global action is the best way forward.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThis cannot be an agenda that divides us,\u201d COP30 President Andr\u00e9 Corr\u00eaa do Lago told delegates in a public plenary session before releasing them for further negotiations.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe must reach an agreement between us.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Some emerging economies hit back at the EU\u2019s position, demanding the bloc to commit more finance to help poorer nations cope with climate change.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe can\u2019t just work with one pathway. If there is a pathway for fossil fuel, there has to be a pathway for climate finance as well,\u201d said a negotiator for a developing country, who was granted anonymity to discuss the closed-door negotiations.<\/p>\n
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The rifts over fossil fuels, cutting CO2 emissions faster and finance highlighted the difficulty of reaching a consensus at the annual conference, a perennial test of global resolve to avert the worst impacts of global warming.<\/p>\n
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A draft text for a deal, released by Brazil before dawn on Friday, contained no reference to fossil fuels, dropping a range of options on the subject that had been included in an earlier version.<\/p>\n
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Scores of countries, including major oil and gas producer nations, had opposed the options.<\/p>\n
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Earlier in the summit, some 80 governments had demanded COP30 deliver a plan to shift away from fossil fuels. But by Friday night, many of those nations had indicated in closed-door talks they would accept the deal without it, negotiators said.<\/p>\n
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Burning fossil fuels emits greenhouse gases that are by far the largest contributors to global warming.<\/p>\n
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The rifts over fossil fuels, cutting CO2 emissions faster and finance highlighted the difficulty of reaching a consensus at the annual conference, a perennial test of global resolve to avert the worst impacts of global warming.<\/p>\n
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A draft text for a deal, released by Brazil before dawn on Friday, contained no reference to fossil fuels, dropping a range of options on the subject that had been included in an earlier version.<\/p>\n
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Scores of countries, including major oil and gas producer nations, had opposed the options.<\/p>\n
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Earlier in the summit, some 80 governments had demanded COP30 deliver a plan to shift away from fossil fuels. But by Friday night, many of those nations had indicated in closed-door talks they would accept the deal without it, negotiators said.<\/p>\n
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Burning fossil fuels emits greenhouse gases that are by far the largest contributors to global warming.<\/p>\n
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