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Amid bitter row, COP30 ends without any timeframe to stop use of fossil fuels
- IBJ Bureau
- Nov 23, 2025
The UN climate summit COP30 in Belem, Brazil, has ended with a deal that contains no direct reference to fossil fuels that are heating up the planet following bitter rows.
It is a frustrating end for more than 80 countries, including the UK and EU, which wanted the meeting to commit the world to stop using oil, coal and gas at a faster pace.
But oil-producing nations held the line that they should be allowed to use their fossil fuel resources to grow their economies.
The UN fears that efforts to limit rise in global temperature to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels have failed.
A representative for Colombia furiously criticised the COP presidency for not allowing countries to object to the deal in the final meeting, known as a plenary.
The final deal calls on countries to voluntarily accelerate their action to reduce their use of fossil fuels.
For the first time, the US did not send a delegation after President Donald Trump said that the country will leave the landmark Paris treaty of 2015 that commits countries to act on climate change. He has branded climate change “a con”.
Jennifer Morgan, a veteran negotiator and former German climate envoy, has told the BBC that the US absence is a “hole” in the negotiations. The US has often supported blocs like the EU and the UK.
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