Many gave the deal lukewarm praise as the best that could be achieved in trying times, while others complained about the package or the process that led to its approval.

Negotiators resolved a protracted standoff over the balance between action to cut greenhouse gas emissions and provide climate finance.

A conclusion is made in Belém, Brazil, at the end of days of negotiations between delegations from nearly 200 countries.

BELEM, Brazil - World governments agreed on Saturday to a compromise climate deal at the COP30 conference in Brazil that would boost finance for poor nations coping with global warming but omit any mention of the fossil fuels driving it.

BELEM: Brazil’s COP30 presidency on Saturday (Nov 22) pushed through a compromise climate deal that boosts finance for poorer nations but omits any reference to phasing out fossil fuels, despite press

The COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, came to an agreement Saturday, but the final document makes no mention of fossil fuels, the primary cause of global climate change.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed on Thursday for a deal from the COP30 climate summit, welcoming calls from some for clarity on the hotly disputed subject of weaning the world off fossil fuels.

Colombia is leading the charge to map out a global transition from oil, gas and coal at the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil. “The time is now. History demands that we act,” said Colombia’s Environment Minister Irene Vélez Torres earlier this week.