Mixed response to Cop30 ‘compromise’ as Brazil vows to press for progress

Cop30 president Andre Correa do Lago bangs a gavel during a plenary session at the the conference (Fernando Llano/AP)

This year’s United Nations climate talks have ended with a compromise that some have criticised as weak while others called it progress.

After two weeks of negotiations, the deal finalised at Cop30 pledges more money to help countries adapt to climate change, but lacks explicit plans to transition away from the fossil fuels such as oil, coal and gas that heat the planet.