US Edition30-Plus Nations Oppose Cop30 Draft over Fossil Fuel Omission: Colombia
Over 30 nations oppose Brazil's COP30 draft for excluding a fossil fuel phase-out roadmap despite calls to triple adaptation finance by 2030, the Colombian delegation said.
- On Nov 21, Brazil's COP30 presidency in Belém released a draft dropping a proposed global plan to shift away from fossil fuels championed by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
- The Colombian delegation told AFP that more than 30 countries co-signed a letter opposing the draft because it omits a fossil fuel phase-out roadmap, with France and Belgium among signatories.
- Brazil's COP30 presidency held consultations on Nov 20 after a fire disrupted talks, while Brazilian diplomat Andre Correa do Lago faces pressure from nearly 200 countries gathered since last week.
- On finance, the proposal urges a tripling of adaptation finance by 2030 but does not clarify if wealthy governments, development banks, or the private sector will provide funding, disappointing poorer nations.
- China, India, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria and Russia reportedly rejected the roadmap outright, while the draft would launch a trade dialogue involving the World Trade Organization, welcomed by China but uneasy for the European Union.
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Bronwen Tucker, Public Finance lead at Oil Change International, said: “This is outrageous. We came here to secure a COP 30 package for justice and equity. The Presidency has presented a shamefully weak text that fails to mention fossil fuels, fails to deliver accountability towards rich countries’ finance obligations, and only makes vague promises on adaptation. The Belém Action Mechanism for a just transition needs to be protected at all costs…
Some 30 countries led by Colombia, including Belgium, are forcing in the last straight line of COP30, in Belém, so that the final text of the UN Climate Change Conference includes a "road map" aimed at implementing an exit from fossil fuels. ...
At the COP30 they wanted to agree on a fossil out, but now the turnaround: Host Brazil wants to loosen the timetable, about 30 states run storm.
In the dispute over the climate agreement, the COP30 presidency has presented a new draft, which does not include the word "fossil". 30 countries have already threatened to boycott.
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