BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Brazil offered several texts on Friday morning for this year’s last day of the U.N. climate talks but what was supposed to be nearly final proposals on key contentious issues failed to explicitly mention fossil fuels — the cause of global warming.

This omission upset more than two dozens nations, along with advocates for stronger action.

On top of that, it came on the heels of a fire on Thursday that briefly spread through pavilions of the conference known as COP30 on the edge of the Amazon, prompting evacuations. Officials said 13 people were treated for smoke inhalation.

A key text among host Brazil’s proposals — called the mutirao decision — deals with four sticky issues, including climate financial aid and strengthening inadequate national climate plans that hav

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