Diplomats Weigh Truce on Fossil Fuel Exit Plan at Climate Talks

International climate negotiators were weighing a potential compromise deal late Friday on establishing a formal plan for fulfilling a landmark two-year-old promise to shift the world’s energy system away from fossil fuels.

Representatives from key negotiating blocs were huddling behind closed doors at the COP30 summit in the Brazilian city of Belém over a proposal that would create a work program to build a framework around the pledge for a just and orderly transition away from oil, gas and coal, according to people familiar with the matter who asked not to be named because deliberations were private.

The proposal — ...