By Sudarshan Varadhan, Kate Abnett and William James BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -The COP30 climate summit was headed for a showdown on Friday over the future of fossil fuels after hosts Brazil dropped efforts to develop a global plan to shift away from oil,

Brazil presented the COP30 climate summit with a deal in the early hours of Friday that omitted any reference to exiting fossil fuels amid stiff resistance from producing countries.

A fire forced an evacuation at the South American Brazilian venue for the COP30 climate summit, on Thursday, Nov. 20, according to multiple reports. The blaze took place at the venue in Belém, Brazil, the BBC and Politico are reporting.

The COP30 climate summit was disrupted in Brazil on Thursday after a massive fire broke out at the venue, prompting a swift evacuation.

A fire at the UN COP30 Climate Summit in Brazil's Belem injures 21, forcing a six-hour venue closure for safety inspections.

The Trump administration sent nobody to the U.N. global climate summit, leaving California Governor Gavin Newsom to ask, "What the hell is going on here?"

The world's most important climate summit—known this year as COP30—has begun in the Amazonian port city of Belém, Brazil. It promises to be contentious: key countries haven't submitted new climate plans,

General Antonio Guterres and Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva are jumping into the United Nations climate talks as they get to crunch time.