At United Nations climate talks billed widely as having a special focus on Indigenous people, those people themselves have mixed feelings about whether the highlight reel matches reality.

India expresses strong support for Brazil's COP30 leadership, praising key outcomes while highlighting the need for effective climate policies.

Many gave the deal lukewarm praise as the best that could be achieved in trying times, while others complained about the package or the process that led to its approval.

The delegates at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, the U.N. annual climate conference, have reached a deal on a final agreement.

India expressed strong support for Brazil's leadership at COP30, emphasizing inclusive climate action. Despite progress on adaptation, the summit didn't establish a fossil fuel phase-out roadmap. India highlighted the need for climate finance and justice,

India, LMDC (Like-Minded Developing Countries) and BASIC (Brazil, Africa (South Africa), India, and China) back COP30 Presidency, flag repeated procedural objections

Social media users concerned about climate change are claiming that amid COP30 in Belém, Brazil's Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MMA) manipulated data about deforestation in the Amazon by classifying it under a new term: "degradation.

By Lisandra Paraguassu and Valerie Volcovici BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -On the banks of the Guama River where the city of Belem presses up against the vast green Amazon, Brazil is pioneering an economic model designed to help locals profit from a healthy rainforest.