US EditionFrom Crisis to Hope, the Amazon’s Call for Climate Justice Defines Cop30
COP30 aims to boost climate action and finance as emissions rise and countries fall short of Paris goals, with $100 billion in climate finance currently mobilized, OECD says.
- Next week, COP30 opens in Belém, Brazil with a mandate to prioritise turning pledges into action, framing the summit as a test of countries' follow-through and the key forum for complex climate negotiations, organisers say.
- Rising emissions and weak commitments have driven demands for stronger action at COP30, as global greenhouse-gas emissions rose 10% since 2015, hitting a new peak last year.
- The UN climate secretariat finds Nationally Determined Contributions stronger than in 2020, with roughly 90% including economy-wide goals and three-quarters of the 64 plans addressing adaptation and resilience.
- Lower-Income countries say promised finance has not arrived, while the OECD estimates combined public and private climate finance now exceed US$100 billion, and Brazil's forest fund secured over US$5 billion in pledges.
- Around COP30, delegates are debating reform options including folding its organiser into UN Environment Programme, while Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva faces resistance seeking an energy transition roadmap.
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Week two of COP30 must be strong on action
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Fossil Fuel Transition Emerges as Key Climate Fight in Brazil
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China basks in the spotlight at Cop30 as Trump forces the US to stay away
The world’s largest polluter is being celebrated by attendees in Brazil for leadership on renewable energy, Nick Ferris writes. However, experts warn that Chinese energy investment is no substitute for the grant-based climate aid that the US used to provide pre-Trump
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