"With only hours to go before the official end of the Cop30 summit at 6pm on Friday, the talks look nowhere near a conclusion. The fire that broke out on Thursday afternoon disrupted negotiations and forced a delay to key meetings, but that was not the real problem here. The problem is that countries are still far apart on the core issues that will define this Cop."
"Those are: the beginning of a process to outline a roadmap for the phase-out of fossil fuels; a response to the fact that countries' national climate plans are inadequate to limit global heating to 1.5C; finance from the rich to help the poor world cope with the climate crisis. It is now almost a certainty that Cop30 will run into overtime, despite Brazil's confident predictions earlier in the week of wrapping up the most contentious issues days ahead of schedule."
Negotiations at Cop30 remained unresolved hours before the scheduled close, with talks nowhere near conclusion. A fire on Thursday afternoon disrupted negotiations and delayed key meetings, but fundamental disagreements among countries caused the impasse. Central issues included initiating a process toward a fossil-fuel phase-out roadmap, addressing inadequate national climate plans to meet the 1.5C goal, and securing finance from wealthy countries to help poorer nations cope with climate impacts. New draft text removed key commitments, omitted reference to fossil fuels, and proposed deferring consideration of weak climate plans, prompting strong objections from phase-out supporters.
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