Dispute over fossil fuel phaseout upsets UN climate talks
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At United Nations climate talks billed widely as having a special focus on Indigenous people, those people themselves have mixed feelings about whether the highlight reel matches reality.
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.
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Nations agree to climate deal at COP30 without direct mention of fossil fuels
World leaders agreed to a climate deal after two weeks of negotiations at the COP30 conference in Brazil. While it aims to provide funding for developing nations dealing with climate change, the compromise doesn't include any direct mention of fossil fuels.
Negotiators resolved a protracted standoff over the balance between action to cut greenhouse gas emissions and provide climate finance.
Many nations argued more must be done to counter climate change, while also conceding that an imperfect package was better than none at all.
India expresses strong support for Brazil's COP30 leadership, praising key outcomes while highlighting the need for effective climate policies.
Talks at the COP30 climate summit in Brazil were disrupted on Thursday after a fire broke out in the venue, triggering an evacuation just as negotiators were hunkering down to try to land a deal to strengthen international climate efforts.
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As COP30 ends, a closer look at a major source of emissions: agriculture
This year's COP30 summit in Belem, Brazil, highlighted food, forests and land as key topics to be addressed. One sector that crosses across all these is agriculture, which is responsible for about one-third of global carbon emissions.
After two weeks of negotiations, this year’s United Nations climate talks have ended with what critics are calling a weak compromise. (AP video by Joshua A. Bickel)
A group of about 80 countries and the EU had pressed for a more explicit road map to guide the transition away from oil, gas and coal toward a cleaner economy but met resistance from key oil and gas producing states from the Middle East as well as Russia.
Tuya Smart (NYSE: TUYA; HKEX: 2391), a global AI cloud platform service provider, was invited to attend the official launch of the United Nations Solutions Hub (UNSH) and participated in multiple sessions in the Blue Zone at COP30.
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