The UN climate summit COP30 in Brazil's Belem concluded with a final text that avoided any roadmap for phasing out fossil fuels, drawing criticism that described the outcome as an "empty deal" and a ...

ÉDITORIAL - Oil shocks keep occurring, yet Europe is slow to curb its dependence on fossil fuels. Without even going back to that of 1973, which triggered the first recession since World War II, the ...

Two years after nations agreed to transition away from fossil fuels, dozens are pushing to go even further at the COP30 climate summit, setting up a showdown with oil powers. The fires were lit when ...

It appeared to be a grim déjà vu when the final gavel dropped in Belem, Brazil and the COP30 text once again avoided naming fossil fuels. But this apparent diplomatic failure obscured something more ...

The United Nations’ COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, known as “the Amazon COP,” wrapped on November 22nd. Powerful petrostates and large polluting nations succeeded in blocking inclusion of a ...

Nations are struggling to reach a final text agreement at the COP30 U.N. climate summit in Belém, Brazil. Decisions are made by consensus at COPs, requiring consent among 192 countries, and the ...

Brazil will collaborate with the Colombian and Dutch delegations to develop the road map outside the formal U.N. process, with the goal of bringing it back for discussion at COP31. Experts say the ...