March 2025
March 2025
Brazil Clears 8 Miles of Amazon Rainforest to Make Space for UN Climate Conference COP30, 2025.
November 2025
The summit took place at Belem, Brazil from November
The deadline was extended by 18 hours for the summit. 1
A two year programme to enable developing countries to mobilise at least $1.3 trillion every year by 2035.
Tripling funds for climate adaptation over the next 10 years
Operationalising the Loss and Damage fund, set up at COP 28.
Falls short of asking for financial commitments from developed countries, demanded by India and China.
Unilateral trade measures, which was called by India and China as discriminatory and in violation of international trade laws.
The summit called for aligning the commerce with climate action and to avoid disguised restriction on international trade.
The US was absent from the summit, which weakened the summit, but the developed bloc has shown some inclination towards the concerns of emerging economies.
The Belem declaration, does not have a roadmap to phase out fossil fuels.
COP 30 president, Andre Aranda Correa do Lago proposed the creation of a platform to enable such transition. This would be voluntary initiative and not backed by the force of the UNFCCC. 1
