COP30 hosts Brazil on Tuesday produced a first draft of an agreement between nations at the UN climate talks after negotiations on the sticking points stretched late into the night.

The draft includes a sweep of options on the most difficult issues, reflecting the gulf between the nearly 200 nations in Belem and the work still ahead to refine a final compromise.

The nine-page "Global Mutirao" document -- a reference to an Indigenous concept of uniting toward a common goal -- came after Brazil on Monday urged delegates to work day and night to produce an agreement by midweek.

The text leaves open a wide range of possibilities on the flashpoint issues in Belem -- trade measures, finance for poorer nations, and the global inadequacy of carbon-cutting goals.

But the quick turnaround of a d

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