Ahead of COP31, Brazil offers a global fossil fuel exit plan
- Brazil is concluding its year-long COP30 presidency by publishing roadmaps aimed at curbing deforestation and accelerating the transition away from fossil fuels to help governments implement past climate agreements.
- While the COP30 summit in Belem failed to explicitly mention fossil fuels due to opposition from Saudi Arabia and Russia, Brazil introduced these voluntary roadmaps to maintain momentum.
- The roadmap proposes a "collective agenda" in three phases to transform energy systems, with COP30 President Andre Correa noting that the knowledge and technology needed are "already available."
- Climate campaigner Fanny Petitbon of 350 welcomed the initiatives but warned they must not "end up as just another report gathering dust," emphasizing COP31 must deliver clear commitments.
- COP31 begins in Turkey on November 9, with hosts championing a voluntary program focused on "electrification," though current policies "still leave the world short" of the 1.5 degrees Celsius goal.
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The Brazilian COP30 Presidency launched two international road maps to accelerate the energy transition and protect forests.
Brazil offers road map to phase down fossil fuels, halt deforestation
Building on the decision adopted at the first global stocktake of the Paris Agreement at COP28 in Dubai in 2023, these seek to advance climate action, strengthen international cooperation and mobilise investment, while supporting economic development, energy security and people's livelihoods. "This is the last delivery of the COP30 presidency," said Ana Toni, chief executive of the 2025 round of the UN climate talks.
This 182-page document, published on Tuesday, proposes different "archetypes" to help each state plan its transition according to its situation. COP30 of November 2025 had failed to mention fossil fuelsA few days before COP31 in Turkey, the Brazilian Presidency of the previous COP30 on climate unveiled a "road map" whose aim is to encourage countries to leave fossil fuels, a "urgent" and "possible" transition. COP30, held in November 2025 in the…
COP30 Presidency publishes global fossil fuel transition roadmap
Today, the COP30 presidency announced its global roadmap for a transition away from fossil fuels.In response, Romain Ioualalen, Global Policy lead at Oil Change International, said:“Brazil has offered a valuable blueprint for the global transition away from fossil fuels. It recognizes there is no one-size-fits-all pathway, that all countries need to plan their transition now, and that equity and finance are critical to achieving fossil-free pros…
Brazil presented in parallel another road map to halt and reverse global deforestation by 2030
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