The draft agreement for the COP30 climate summit has hit a major roadblock after the European Union rejected a text that dropped any reference to transitioning away from fossil fuel use, leaving host nation Brazil’s hopes for a strong consensus in jeopardy.

The two-week meeting in the Amazon city of Belem was due to conclude Friday evening, but negotiations stretched into the night as delegates grappled with deep divisions over energy, emissions and climate finance.

Brazil had presented a draft before dawn Friday that omitted earlier language committing to a pathway for phasing out fossil fuels. Many major oil- and gas-producing countries opposed that language, prompting its removal from the text.

The EU, however, said the draft was too weak. “Under no circumstances are we going to acce

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