Nearly 200 nations on Saturday pushed through a modest deal at the UN's COP30 climate summit in the Amazon region of host country Brazil.
It was welcomed by some as a decent outcome amid fraught negotiations -- and the absence of the United States -- but dismissed as falling short by others.
Here's a round-up of key reactions:
- Lula -
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva -- who had staked political capital in the success of what he dubbed "the COP of truth" -- applauded that "science prevailed" and "multilateralism won" during the talks.
"We mobilized civil society, academia, the private sector, indigenous peoples, and social movements, making COP30 the COP with the second-highest participation in history."
- Europe -
"We're not going to hide the fact that we would have p

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