A fire late on Thursday near the East Africa pavilion at COP30 in Belem, Brazil forced mass evacuations from the climate summit, just as negotiations were reaching their end. A ‘bad omen’? Maybe, given what followed.
COP30 was meant to be concluded on Friday, but a monumental clash on fossil fuels has divided delegates. The draft final COP30 deal, called Mutirão, omitted a reference to phase out or even transition
