The UN’s climate chief urged ministers on Monday to avoid any “stonewalling” and speed up negotiations at COP30 talks in Brazil, with nations divided on key issues with five days left in the gathering.

Ministers have started to arrive to take over negotiations in the second week of talks in the Amazonian city of Belem, with countries debating language over weak climate commitments, insufficient financial pledges and trade barriers.

COP30 is due to end on Friday but the UN’s annual climate talks usually spill into overtime as exhausted negotiators struggle to find compromises over how to tackle climate change.

“There is a huge amount of work ahead for ministers and negotiators. I urge you to get to the hardest issues fast,” UN climate Simon Stiell told the gathering. “I urge you to get t

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