THE COP30 climate meeting stared at a deep crisis on Friday, the last day of the two-week event, after a new draft text on a political package skirted each of the four long-standing issues it was meant to resolve, leaving almost everyone unhappy.

A group of 29 countries, mainly small island states and those from Europe, rejected the draft text because it skipped any mention of a roadmap on fossil fuel phase-out, which was one of their key demands.

“We cannot support an outcome that does not include a roadmap for implementing a just, orderly and equitable transition away from fossil fuels. This expectation is shared by a vast majority of Parties… in its present form, the proposal (draft text) does not meet the minimum conditions required for a credible COP outcome,” the 29 countries said

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