BELEM, Brazil: United Nations climate talks in Brazil reached a subdued agreement Saturday that pledged more funding for countries to adapt to the wrath of extreme weather. But the catch-all agreement doesn’t include explicit details to phase out fossil fuels or strengthen countries’ inadequate emissions cutting plans, which dozens of nations demanded. The Brazilian hosts of the conference said they’d eventually come up with a road map to get away from fossil fuels working with hard-line Colombia, but it won’t have the same force as something approved at the conference called COP30.

COP30 is scheduled to end on Friday evening, following a dramatic fire that brought a premature close to Thursday's proceedings. According to the Colombian delegation, no…

Brazil's new draft proposal does not contain a roadmap for a transition, nor mention 'fossil fuels' at all.