Miliband: Cop30 was 'step forward' despite lack of fossil fuel agreement

ED Miliband has insisted he sees climate talks at Cop30 in Brazil as a “step forward” despite the summit ending with a final deal that does not include an explicit road map to phase out fossil fuels.

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Demonstrators posing as Argentina President Javier Milei, left, and US President Donald Trump pretend to drill into the Earth during the Cop30 summit

(AP PHOTO/ANDRE PENNER)

Countries agreed to deliver more money to nations hit hardest by climate change to help them adapt after tough negotiations that extended past the Friday deadline.

But they failed to secure an explicit road map to phase out fossil fuels or strengthen countries’ inadequate emissions-cutting plans included in the main text agreement, despite demands from dozens of nations.

UK Energy Secretary Mr Miliband said he regrets that that could not be included but said he still sees the summit as a “step forward”.