Countries sharply split on fossil fuels on COP30 climate summit final day

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : The commitment to moving away from fossil fuels - including natural gas, coal and crude oil - was considered a landmark achievement of COP28 in Dubai.
57% : In a joint statement on Thursday evening, the UN and COP30 leaders said the fire site was "safe" and shifted the focus back to the negotiations, which may spill into the weekend.
47% : Speaking to reporters on Thursday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the conference was "down to the wire" and urged countries to "address disinformation aimed at derailing the transition". "Communities on the front lines are watching too, counting flooded homes, failed harvests, lost livelihoods," he added.
39% : Countries remain bitterly divided over the future of fossil fuels as the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP30, is slated to end in Brazil's northern city of Belem, potentially in a haze of recriminations.
39% : Delegates at the two-week conference have failed to reach a deal as Brazil circulated a new draft proposal on Thursday that did not include a roadmap to transitioning away from fossil fuels - nor mention the term "fossil fuels" at all.

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