Oil producers, but maybe not the planet, get a win as climate talks end

Global climate negotiations ended Saturday in Brazil with a watered-down resolution that made no direct mention of fossil fuels, the main driver of global warming.

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The final statement, roundly criticized by diplomats as insufficient, was a victory for oil producers like Saudi Arabia and Russia. It included plenty of warnings about the cost of inaction but few provisions for how the world might address dangerously rising global temperatures head-on.

Without a rapid transition away from oil, gas and coal, scientists warn, the planet faces increasing devastation from deadly heat waves, droughts, floods and wildfires.

A marathon series of frenetic Friday night meetings ultimately salvaged the talks in Belém, Brazil, on the edge of the Amazon rainforest, from total collapse.