"This year's United Nations global climate conference in Brazil ended on Saturday with a formal agreement that failed to address phasing out fossil fuels the main driver of global warming. The United States was conspicuously absent from this year's talks, known as COP30, after the Trump administration refused to send a delegation to Belem, Brazil. In the end, the conference delivered only modest progress on international efforts to curb global warming and pay for the costs of adapting to a hotter planet."
"Earlier in the week, more than 80 countries had demanded negotiators agree to a "roadmap" to transition the global economy away from fossil fuels. The group included many developing nations hit hard by climate change, along with the United Kingdom, Germany, and oil producers like Mexico and Brazil. They said world leaders need to start drawing up concrete plans to deliver on a landmark 2023 commitment to reduce the use of oil, coal and natural gas."
The Belem conference concluded with a formal agreement that omitted any plan to phase out fossil fuels, despite being the primary driver of global warming. The United States did not attend COP30 after the Trump administration declined to send a delegation. Over 80 countries demanded a 'roadmap' to transition away from oil, coal, and natural gas, including developing nations, the UK, Germany, Mexico and Brazil. Major producers such as Russia and Saudi Arabia opposed creating a timetable, blocking inclusion of fossil fuels in the final agreement. Two dozen countries pledged to work with the U.N. on a new transition process, and Colombia and the Netherlands will host a follow-up conference.
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