Nov. 22 (UPI) — No agreements were made to phase out the global use of fossil fuels during the United Nations COP30 climate summit in Brazil that ended on Saturda, but discussions to draft one will begin.
Attending nations okayed a voluntary agreement to start discussions to create a plan seeking to gradually end the use of fossil fuels amid strong opposition from nations that produce oil and gas, according to The Guardian.
The climate change conference opened with a draft agreement to address the world’s changing climate, but it did not include a reference to fossil fuels.
In lieu of a fossil fuels deal, the conference produced an agreement from participating wealthy nations to allocate $120 billion to developing nations by 2035 to help them adapt to a changing climate.
The funds would count toward a $300 billion goal to finance climate change efforts in developing nations, the BBC reported.
Representatives from respective COP30 nations also agreed to create a Tropical Forest Forever Facility fund to counteract deforestation. The fund already has $6.6 billion.
Ahead of the climate change conference, many attendees had hoped to create a $1.3 trillion climate change fund, but that did not occur.
Many nations already have initiated measures to address climate change and its effects, but opposition has grown against the notion that a global consensus exists to end the use of fossil fuels to fend off a “climate crisis.”
President Donald Trump is among world leaders who want to expand the domestic use of fossil fuels and favor climate adaptation.
Trump earlier said the United States would not attend the COP30 conference that started on Nov. 10 and ran an extra day into Saturday in Belem, Brazil.
Some state-level representatives and others attended the conference, including California Governor Gavin Newsom, who criticized Trump for not sending a U.S. delegation.
The 2026 U.N. COP30 conference will be held in Turkey.
