The COP30 summit in Brazil is being extended as representatives from 200 countries taking part were unable to reach agreement on a deal to strengthen international climate efforts.

There is fierce debate about whether the summit should support a plan to phase out coal, oil and gas.

More than 80 countries are campaigning for the development of a plan to phase out fossil fuels, but there is considerable resistance, particularly from oil-producing countries.

The negotiations are set to continue.

"This cannot be an agenda that divides us," COP30 president André Corrêa do Lago told delegates in a public plenary session at the conference before releasing them for further negotiations.

"We must reach an agreement between us."

The rift over the future of oil, gas and coal underscored the dif

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