Brazilian officials running high-level United Nations climate talks are readying a preliminary agreement that ignores demands from about 80 nations to further develop plans to transition away from fossil fuels.

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Host country Brazil’s tactful guidance as host of the U.N. climate conference is raising hopes for ambitious action on fighting global warming as speeches continue from the high-level ministers in town.

The COP30 presidency signposts how governments could land a political decision covering climate finance, trade measures and the emissions cuts needed to limit warming to 1.5C

More than 80 countries have called for the inclusion of a roadmap for phasing out fossil fuels in the political agreement being negotiated at the COP30 climate summit in Brazil.

Brazilian authorities have raged against comments by Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz in which he appeared to look down on Belem, a city on the edge of the Amazon rainforest

After Brazil’s COP30 presidency insisted on its plan to gavel through a political package on some of the most divisive issues at the UN climate talks

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.