With the fires at the venue doused, new flashpoints emerged early on Friday (November 21, 2025) — officially, the last day of the climate talks in Brazil’s Belem — after a draft text skipped mention of fossil fuels.

The Conference of Parties (COP) proceedings usually conclude with a ‘cover text’ or a consensus political statement issued by the COP Presidency, in this case led by Brazilian diplomat Andrei Lago, which lays out the united resolution by Parties (countries signatory to Paris Agreement) to take action on climate change.

A flashpoint was emerging over the past 10 days with developing countries, including some petro-states, insistent on not including language that commits countries to a timeline on eliminating fossil fuel from their economies .

Developed countries have insist

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