The delegates at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, the U.N. annual climate conference, have reached a deal on a final agreement.

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.

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

The conference is being led by COP30 president André Corrêa do Lago, Brazil’s vice minister for climate, energy and environment at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Among those scheduled to attend are government leaders and ministers, diplomats, U.N. representatives, scientists, business leaders and non-governmental organizations across the globe.

Belem delivered historic pledges on just transition and new momentum on climate action. Yet the absence of concrete funding pathways leaves frontline nations warning that ambition without resources ri

By Lisandra Paraguassu and Valerie Volcovici BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -On the banks of the Guama River where the city of Belem presses up against the vast green Amazon, Brazil is pioneering an economic model designed to help locals profit from a healthy rainforest.

A fire broke out on Thursday at a pavilion inside the convention hall in Belém, where more than 50,000 diplomats, journalists and activists have gathered for a global climate summit. It is not yet known what caused the fire or whether any injuries occurred.

The fire erupted when global ministers were deeply engrossed in negotiations to break a deadlock over fossil fuels, climate finance and trade measures.