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Radio France Internationale
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Cop30 climate summit runs into overtime amid divisions over fossil fuels

Activists and Indigenous people take part in a Stop EACOP campaign protest against fossil fuels during COP3o in Belem, Brazil, November 13, 2025. REUTERS - Adriano Machado

Belem – 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.

The United Nations climate talks went into extra time on Friday evening, with negotiators deeply divided over a new draft agreement unveiled by Cop30 host Brazil that made no reference to phasing out fossil fuels – the main driver of climate change.

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