Many gave the deal lukewarm praise as the best that could be achieved in trying times, while others complained about the package or the process that led to its approval.

The world struck a new climate deal at the COP30 summit in Brazil Saturday, which calls for a tripling of funding to help countries adapt to increasingly severe climate impacts.

Negotiators resolved a protracted standoff over the balance between action to cut greenhouse gas emissions and provide climate finance.

BELEM, Brazil - World governments agreed on Saturday to a compromise climate deal at the COP30 conference in Brazil that would boost finance for poor nations coping with global warming but omit any mention of the fossil fuels driving it.

Nearly 200 countries approved the deal by consensus after two weeks of exhaustive negotiations on the fringes of the rain forest, with the notable absence of the United States.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed on Thursday for a deal from the COP30 climate summit, welcoming calls from some for clarity on the hotly disputed subject of weaning the world off fossil fuels.

Colombia is leading the charge to map out a global transition from oil, gas and coal at the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil. “The time is now. History demands that we act,” said Colombia’s Environment Minister Irene Vélez Torres earlier this week.