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Normale Ansicht

EU Rejects Draft COP30 Deal as Too Weak, Setting Up Overtime Talks

It’s the last official day of COP30. But in classic COP fashion, negotiations look set to go into overtime, especially after a fire broke out in the venue on Thursday, disrupting proceedings.

An indigenous person at the Aldeia COP, a space built to host up to 3,000 indigenous people, on the sidelines of the COP30 climate summit in Belem, Par state, Brazil, on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. Representatives of Indigenous and traditional communities want stronger protection for the forest and a bigger decision-making role for themselves to ensure it, saying they are already advanced in preserving forests to counter climate change. Photographer: Marina Calderon/Bloomberg

COP30 Climate Talks Head Toward a Dramatic Ending Amid Fire

Drama and danger gripped climate talks in Brazil on Thursday. The danger: A fire broke out at the venue. The drama: A draft agreement is set to strike language about a road map to end fossil fuel use supported by 80 countries.  The metaphors: very on the nose.

A worker runs carrying fire extinguishers towards a pavilion after a fire broke out at COP30 in Belem, Brazil. Photographer: PABLO PORCIUNCULA/AFP via Getty Images
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