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Attendees evacuate after a fire was reported inside the venue for the Cop30 UN climate summit (Joshua A Bickel/AP)

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Fire disrupts Cop30 forcing evacuations as negotiators reach critical final days

Fire disrupted UN climate talks in Brazil forcing evacuations of several buildings with just two scheduled days left and negotiators yet to announce any major agreements. Officials said no one was hurt in the blaze on Thursday.

<p>Indigenous peoples protesting for climate justice during the COP30 UN Climate Summit on Monday. Photo: AP/Andre Penner</p>

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Heatwaves will get worse the longer we fail to reach net zero targets, research says

<p>Security personnel ask an Indigenous group for permission to enter a car outside the Cop30 venue on Friday. Permission was granted. Indigenous activists have blockaded the summit centre demanding that the Brazilian government halt all development projects in the Amazon, including mining, logging, oil drilling and the building of a new railway for transporting mining and agricultural products. Photo: AP/Fernando Llano</p>

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Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says

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Protesters force their way into Cop30 summit venue, clash with security

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China 'coming up with solutions for everyone', says Cop30 chief

Cop30: Irish experts fear the world won’t have the ambition to tackle climate change

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Cop30: Irish experts fear the world won’t have the ambition to tackle climate change

Cop30 is not just another climate conference — it is a crossroads

Cop30 is not just another climate conference — it is a crossroads

If Cop30 fails to produce a credible plan to accelerate the phase-out of fossil fuels, the window to prevent catastrophic climate disruption will effectively close

Mon, 10 Nov, 2025

World at a 'decisive moment' on how it acts on climate change, Cop30 hears

World at a 'decisive moment' on how it acts on climate change, Cop30 hears

Speaking to heads of state from more than 30 nations, António Guterres called the target of limiting global heating to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels a 'red line' for a habitable planet

Thu, 06 Nov, 2025

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Missing 1.5C climate target is a moral failure, UN chief tells Cop30 summit

UN secretary general António Guterres urges opening session in Brazil to bring about a ‘fundamental paradigm shift’

Thu, 06 Nov, 2025

Winter weather Jan 26th 2025

Taoiseach to tell world leaders at Cop30 Storm Éowyn showed 'climate change is a reality'

Micheál Martin will draw on the record-breaking Storm Éowyn from early January in his speech, which brought sustained hurricane-force winds of 142km per hour.

Thu, 06 Nov, 2025

EU agrees weakened climate target in final-hour deal for Cop30

EU agrees weakened climate target in final-hour deal for Cop30

After negotiating late into Tuesday night, climate ministers from European Union countries approved in a public vote a compromise to cut emissions 90% by 2040, from 1990 levels, but with flexibilities to weaken this aim

Wed, 05 Nov, 2025

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Irish Examiner view: Inclination is flattening for Cop 30

Cop 30 in a city on the edge, for now, of the rain forest may produce some solutions. But that is not the way to bet

Sat, 01 Nov, 2025

‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head

‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head

‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30

Tue, 28 Oct, 2025