Firestorm at COP30 as Fossil Fuel Demands Rip Through Climate Talks

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : "We are determined that one way or another, this innovative idea, with the support of more than 80 countries to have a roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels, is kept alive at this COP," he said.
58% : But others point to the significant advances in measures to tackle climate change, including renewable energy, electric vehicles, and protection of nature in recent years linked to COP agreements.
55% : Speaking to journalists outside the negotiating room, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Ed Miliband said the UK was determined to keep "alive" at the talks a plan to take further action on fossil fuels.
49% : When asked if Pakistan would support the fossil fuel deal if it received new promises about finance, Ms Moriana replied: "That is something which cannot happen in a few hours, and it requires a lot of financing." In the hallways, groups of campaigners are chanting "fossil fuels out" and hanging banners saying "Stop Amazon oil" and "1.5C under threat: time to act".
48% : Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and some countries including the UK want the summit to commit nations to stronger, faster action to reduce their use of fossil fuels.
48% : It would advance a deal made two years ago, at COP28 in Dubai, that committed countries to "transition away from fossil fuels".
48% : A first draft of an agreement in Brazil offered three options including timeframes, but the latest version has no mention of fossil fuels.
47% : At the heart of the row is a disagreement over how strong a deal should be on working to reduce the world's use of fossil fuels, whose emissions are by far the largest contributor to climate change.
47% : " Some developing countries have not backed the deal on fossil fuels because they want richer nations to first deliver on promises to give climate finance to help them cope with or adapt to the effects of climate change.
45% : Nov 22 - A bitter row over fossil fuels has broken out at the COP30 UN climate talks in Belém, Brazil, as the meeting formally runs over time.

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