Overview

• Roughly 500 delegates from about 70 countries convened in Brasília on Oct. 13–14 for the final ministerial alignment before COP30 in Belém next month.
• The Brazilian presidency set three focal tracks for the pre‑COP: global adaptation indicators, a work programme on just transition, and implementing the Global Stocktake.
• Finance Minister Fernando Haddad outlined five priorities to expand climate finance and three COP30 initiatives: the Tropical Forests Fund for Forever, a Carbon Market Integration Coalition, and a proposed supranational taxonomy.
• COP30 president André Corrêa do Lago said countries voiced many requests for resources but offered limited new promises so far, with no fresh pledges yet signaled for the new forests fund.
• Only 62 of 196 parties had submitted updated 2035 climate plans as of Oct. 10, increasing pressure on Brasília talks to narrow gaps before the leaders’ summit on Nov. 6–7 and COP30 on Nov. 10–21 in Belém.