Climate consensus nears at COP30 after deadlock over fossil fuels
Suspense builds as final meeting of COP30 due to startpublished at 13:42 GMTpublished at 05:42
Georgina Rannard
Climate and science correspondent, in Belém, Brazil
I’m crouching down writing this with my laptop on my knees, waiting in a queue of journalists to get into the room where we will find out if the Brazilian president of this COP — André Corrêa do Lago — has secured a deal.
We just saw him in the corridors. He said they worked overnight and finished at 08:20.
“We are opening the final plenary but there will be suspense,” he said. The final plenary is where whatever agreement happens at these talks is finalised.
“We got more than we thought we would a year ago,” he added.
That’s quite a positive spin. Countries here are bitterly divided over how fast to stop fossil fuels and how much finance richer countries should give to developing nations on the forefront of climate change.
Nations have the chance to speak in the plenary — we will see if there are any fireworks.