Nearly 200 nations pushed through a modest climate deal on Saturday at the UN’s COP30 summit, held in Brazil’s Amazon region. The agreement was welcomed by some as a reasonable outcome amid tense negotiations — and the notable absence of the United States — while others criticised it as insufficient in the face of escalating climate threats.

Lula: “Science Prevailed”

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who had invested significant political capital in what he dubbed “the COP of truth,” hailed the outcome, saying “science prevailed” and “multilateralism won”.

“We mobilised civil society, academia, the private sector, Indigenous peoples and social movements, making COP30 the COP with the second-highest participation in history,” Lula said.

Europe: Cautious Endorsement

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