US EditionLula pushes fossil fuel 'roadmap' back to centre of Cop30
Brazilian President Lula leads a coalition of over 80 countries urging a fossil fuel phase-out roadmap amid opposition from oil producers at COP30 climate talks.
- Lula, the Brazilian president, pushed for a fossil fuel 'roadmap' at the Cop30 climate summit, aiming to make it a success.
- Brazil released a draft pact and urged negotiators to work through the night to reach agreements on disputed points by Wednesday.
- Negotiations were intense over issues like adaptation financing, trade measures, and fossil fuel phase-out, with developing nations seeking more support from developed countries.
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The climate summit in Brazil appears to be at an impasse, as a group of countries, including the Netherlands, is demanding that the phasing out of fossil fuels become part of the agreement.
Commentary: Brazil is trying to stop fossil fuel interests derailing COP30 with one simple measure
If fossil fuel lobbying and climate misinformation aren’t tackled head-on, climate negotiations will keep avoiding the core issue, says a political science professor from the Australian National University.
Lula at climate summit: US might not be gone for good
BELÉM, Brazil — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva called late Wednesday for a global winding-down of fossil fuels — and said he hoped to someday get the U.S. behind it. “We must reduce greenhouse gas emissions. If fossil fuels emit too much, we must begin thinking about how to live without them,” Lula said in Portuguese from the halls of the two-week COP30 climate summit, which is due to end Friday. His comments come as talks in this…
More Than 80 Countries Agree on Roadmap to Phase Out Fossil Fuels at COP30
Here in Belém, Brazil, at COP30, a big issue emerging in the climate negotiations is whether countries will agree to a roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels. Now more than 80 countries, including Germany, Kenya and Britain, are backing the proposal, but that’s less than half of all countries attending the summit. This is Harjeet Singh, a member of the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative, who joined protests at COP30 on Wednesday. Harjeet Singh:…
While Brussels postponed the application of the law against deforestation for a year, Mediapart met with Comissão Guarani Yvyrupa, an indigenous organization that brings together several Guarani territories in southern Brazil to fight against the seizure of their land by soybean producers.
Brazil's President Lula put the very sensitive issue of the release of fossil fuels on the agenda of the UN Climate Conference on Wednesday, advocating a consensus, but insisting on making it one of the achievements of the first COP in the Amazon.
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