Belem: After two weeks of intense negotiations, voluntary plan to curb fossil fuels, a goal to triple adaptation finance and new efforts to strengthen climate targets have been launched at the COP30 climate summit in Brazil.
After all-night negotiations in the Amazonian city of Belém, the Brazilian presidency released a final package termed the “global mutirão” – a name meaning “collective efforts”.
In a pivotal outcome at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, countries agreed on a sweeping package to scale up climate finance and accelerate implementation of the Paris Agreement, but without a clear commitment to move away from fossil fuels.
The adopted text calls for mobilizing at least $1.3 trillion per year by 2035 for climate action, alongside tripling adaptation finance and operationalizing the loss and damage fund agreed at COP28.
For the first time, the decision acknowledges the need to tackle climate disinformation, pledging to promote information integrity and counter narratives that undermine science-based action.
It also launches two major initiatives, the “Global Implementation Accelerator” and the Belém Mission to 1.5°C , to help countries deliver on their nationally determined contributions (NDCs), or national climate action plans, and adaptation plans.
A key task for negotiators was finalizing how the Paris Agreement’s Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) will be put into action, including establishing indicators to track progress.
In the end, negotiators adopted a set of 59 indicators across seven sectors, such as water, agriculture and health, and the adaptation policy planning process, including on finance, capacity building and technology transfer. The list also takes into account cross-cutting considerations such as gender and human rights.
At COP30, around 119 countries representing 74% of global emissions had submitted new national commitments in NDCs. These commitments showed some progress on reducing emissions and mobilizing sectoral action, but they collectively deliver less than 15% of the emissions reductions required by 2035 to hold global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees C.
UN analysis finds that even with the latest NDCs and current policies, the world remains on course for 2.3-2.8 degrees C of warming, a dangerous prospect that’s well above the Paris Agreement’s temperature benchmarks.
The Brazilian COP30 president also announced that it will develop roadmaps to transition away from fossil fuels and tackle “deforestation” in its own capacity. It’s ultimately up to Brazil President Lula da Silva and the COP presidency to advance these global plans in a robust and inclusive way.
In the closing meeting, COP30 President André Corrêa do Lago acknowledged what was left out of the deal, “We know some of you had greater ambitions for some of the issues at hand,” he said, adding, “I know the youth civil society will demand us to do more to fight climate change. I want to reaffirm that I will try not to disappoint you during my presidency.”
COP30 adopted a series of measures as follow:-
-Finance at scale: Mobilise $1.3 trillion annually by 2035 for climate action.
-Adaptation boost: Double adaptation finance by 2025 and triple by 2035.
-Loss and damage fund: Operationalisation and replenishment cycles confirmed.
New initiatives: Launch of the Global Implementation Accelerator and Belém Mission to 1.5°C to drive ambition and implementation.
-Climate disinformation: Commitment to promote information integrity and counter false narratives.
-Tropical Forests Forever Fund: Raised $5.5 billion and now includes 53 participating countries; at least 20 per cent of resources go directly to Indigenous Peoples and local communities.
-Belém Health Action Plan: The first global initiative targeting climate-related health threats, launched with $300 million from 35 philanthropic organizations.
-UNEZA Alliance: Public utility companies pledged $66 billion annually for renewable energy and $82 billion for transmission and storage.
-Cities, regions and companies: A coalition spanning 25,000 buildings reported cutting over 850,000 tons of CO₂ in 2024.
The official document mentioned that the COP30 concludes with clear manifestations of renewed political commitment and the strengthening of climate multilateralism.
“The decisions adopted in Belém offer concrete instruments to intensify global action, reinforce the centrality of climate justice, and reaffirm the conviction that only through international cooperation will it be possible to ensure a safe, resilient, and sustainable future for generations to come” it said.
