The European Union warned Friday that the UN's climate talks could end without a deal as oil-producing nations were accused of blocking any mention of a roadmap to phase out fossil fuels.
After nearly two weeks of negotiations in the Amazonian city of Belem, the draft text unveiled by COP30 host Brazil on Friday made no mention of "fossil fuels" or the word "roadmap" that President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva had himself publicly supported.
"What is now on the table is unacceptable. And given that we're so far away from where we should be, it's unfortunate to say, but we're really facing a no-deal scenario," European Union climate commissioner Wopke Hoekstra told reporters.
More than 30 countries -- including wealthy nations, emerging economies and small island states -- had warned in a l

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