Fears of a fracturing global resolve loomed over climate talks in the Brazilian Amazon on Thursday as world leaders acknowledged their failure to contain global warming to agreed limits.

Heads of state and government met in the city of Belem ahead of the UN COP30 conference, which is set to take place without the United States — one of the nations most responsible for planet-warming emissions.

Opening the leaders gathering, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres set the tone by declaring the world had failed in its promise to hold long-term warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius since the pre-industrial era.

“This is moral failure — and deadly negligence,” he said, adding that to minimize the danger, governments must now act with even more urgency to slash fossil fuel emissions and protect natur

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