US EditionThis Year's Climate Talks Saw Real Progress—Just Not on Fossil Fuels
COP30 adopted 59 adaptation indicators and a Just Transition mechanism while fossil fuel roadmap was removed amid strong opposition from key fossil fuel exporters.
- On Saturday night, 21 November 2025, COP30 in Belém closed with negotiators from 194 countries adopting the Belém Adaptation Indicators and a just transition mechanism, but removing a fossil fuel roadmap.
- Disputes over adaptation finance and implementation weakened consensus, the United States government absence dampened new pledges, and fossil fuel exporters Russia, Saudi Arabia, and India forced the fossil-fuel roadmap off the UN text.
- Late-Night negotiation session around 3am pared the GGA indicators from 100 to 59, framing them as voluntary and non-binding, while Panama and other Latin American critics said they lack methodology and finance.
- The text only calls for efforts to at least triple adaptation finance by 2035, while Brazil's Tropical Forest Facility secured US$9.5 billion in pledges and countries agreed to launch the Global Implementation Accelerator.
- The Brazilian COP30 Presidency moved fossil fuel and deforestation roadmaps outside the UN process, with Colombia and the Netherlands hosting an April 2026 conference and COP31 leaders set to lead follow-up.
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This year's climate talks saw real progress—just not on fossil fuels
It wasn't a comfortable process for the tens of thousands of delegates trying to hash out progress on climate change on the edge of the Amazon in Belém, Brazil. I experienced the challenges of the United Nations COP30 climate talks firsthand.
Africa: This Year's Climate Talks Saw Real Progress - Just Not On Fossil Fuels
Analysis - It wasn't a comfortable process for the tens of thousands of delegates trying to hash out progress on climate change on the edge of the Amazon in Belém, Brazil. I experienced the challenges of the United Nations COP30 climate talks firsthand.
COP30 fails to deliver ambitious action on fossil fuels, adaptation, finance and forests
COP30 in Belém concluded weakly this weekend as delegates went into overtime, failing to secure a real adaptation deal, a time-bound fossil fuel phase-out or an actionable forest roadmap.
Strong climate finance would significantly speed up efforts, Naveed Qamar - Global News Pakistan
South–South Exchange at COP30 Opens with Strong Calls for Climate Finance, Equity & Fossil Fuel pledges BELÉM : Parliamentarians, policy experts, civil society leaders and private-sector representatives from Asia % voiced deep concern over weak texts, slow negotiations and inadequate climate finance commitments at the South–South Exchange held on the margins of COP30.Opening the session, Syed Naveed Qamar, Chair of the National Assembly Standin…
COP30 and India’s Climate Realism: Balancing Development, Justice, and Global Expectations
At COP30, India presented a proposal focused on increasing financial support for climate action, strengthening adaptation, and applying the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities. India, a member of the Like-Minded Developing Countries (LMDC) group, has consistently resisted proposals requiring a mandatory phase-out of fossil fuels, emphasising that energy transitions should consider national circumstances, balancing fossil fuel…
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