A draft deal at COP30 released by Brazil controversially contained no reference to fossil fuels. Photo: AP PHOTO

The outcome of Brazil's COP30 climate summit has been left hanging in the balance, with the European Union refusing to accept a draft deal it said would fail to advance global efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change.

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The two-week conference being held in the Amazon city of Belem had been scheduled to end Friday evening, local time (Saturday morning AEDT), but blew past that deadline as negotiations continued late into the night.

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