COP30 presidency draws up early draft of deal text


  • World
  • Tuesday, 18 Nov 2025

People attend the High-Level Segment (HLS) during the U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP30), in Belem, Brazil, November 17, 2025. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -Brazil's COP30 presidency has drawn up a draft of a possible deal.

The document, seen by Reuters, contained a line urging all parties to phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies.

Another section set out a range of wording options, one of which called for a process to help countries overcome their dependency on fossil fuels.

(Reporting by Lisandra Paraguassu, writing by William James)

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