COP30 climate summit deadlock as EU rejects draft deal

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Burning fossil fuels emits greenhouse gases that are by far the largest contributors to global warming.
59% : The EU indicated it could "move beyond its comfort zone" on finance for developing nations - but only if the text's sections on action to cut planet-warming emissions were strengthened.
55% : If there is a pathway for fossil fuel, there has to be a pathway for climate finance as well," said a negotiator for a developing country, who was granted anonymity to discuss the closed-door negotiations.
53% : "Under no circumstances are we going to accept this," EU Commissioner for Climate Wopke Hoekstra said in a statement on Friday.
48% : Earlier in the summit, some 80 governments had demanded COP30 deliver a plan to shift away from fossil fuels.
46% : A draft text for a deal, released by Brazil before dawn on Friday, contained no reference to fossil fuels, dropping a range of options on the subject that had been included in an earlier version.
46% : A Brazilian negotiator told Reuters the fossil fuel language was unlikely to be reintroduced, and the summit presidency was pressing for only small adjustments to the existing draft.
46% : Other options being discussed by negotiators included a separate side deal on fossil fuels, which countries could voluntarily sign up to but which would not be agreed by consensus as COP deals need to be, negotiators said.
43% : " Some emerging economies hit back at the EU's position, demanding the bloc commit more finance to help poorer nations cope with climate change.
42% : Brazil has cast the summit as a make-or-break moment for global climate co-operation, urging nations to bridge divides on issues including the future of fossil fuels and to send a message that concerted global action is the best way forward.
38% : The 27-member EU said the text was too weak.
30% : The rifts over fossil fuels, cutting CO2 emissions faster and finance highlighted the difficulty of reaching a consensus at the annual conference, a perennial test of global resolve to avert the worst impacts of global warming.
29% : By Kate Abnett, Lisandra Paraguassu, William James and Sudarshan Varadhan The outcome of Brazil's COP30 climate summit has been left hanging in the balance, with the European Union refusing to accept a draft deal it said would fail to advance global efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change.

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