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Fossil Fuel Fight Threatens to Sink COP30 as Negotiations Run Into Overtime
The EU and over 30 nations oppose Brazil’s draft for omitting fossil fuel phaseout, with nearly 200 countries negotiating amid divisions on energy transition financing.
- On Friday, negotiators went into extra time after Brazil unveiled a draft that omitted fossil-fuel phaseout, with European Union climate commissioner Wopke Hoekstra saying, `I am saying it with a heavy heart, but what is now on the table is clearly no deal.`
- Brazil's draft removed explicit phaseout language after 30-plus nations, including Russia, Saudi Arabia, and India, opposed a range of fossil-fuel options.
- Arunabha Ghosh defended excluding a phaseout roadmap, citing energy security and worker transition, while André Corrêa do Lago told delegates, `This cannot be an agenda that divides us` and `We must reach an agreement between us.`
- Earlier this month activists and Indigenous people staged Stop EACOP protests in Belem on November 13, 2025, as COP30 hosted its highest-ever share of fossil fuel lobbyists.
- Nearly 200 nations are negotiating at Cop30 while the United States did not attend, and the split over fossil fuels and financing underscores the perennial challenge of reaching consensus.
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