Overview
- Brazil’s presidency sent delegations a late‑night letter instructing them to resolve key issues by Tuesday, signaling possible movement on a fossil‑fuel phase‑down roadmap and expanded climate finance as COP30 shifts to political decisions.
- Financing remains the core impasse, with doubts over delivering the Bakú–Belém goal of $1.3 trillion annually and last year’s $300 billion‑per‑year pledge, as UN climate chief Simon Stiell warns progress lags real‑world impacts and 2025 fossil CO2 hits a record.
- Small island and vulnerable nations pressed for stronger cuts and support, citing Hurricane Melissa’s devastation in Jamaica and invoking a recent ICJ finding to argue the 1.5°C limit constitutes a legal obligation.
- Negotiators are pushing for stronger national climate plans, yet Argentina arrived with a minimal team and has not filed its updated NDC, a delay experts say could weaken its eligibility for climate funding.
- Outside the talks, indigenous groups staged marches, a Blue Zone incursion and a blockade demanding territorial protection and a fossil exit, while Brazil touts a $125 billion Tropical Forests Forever fund even as Petrobras advances Amazon river‑mouth exploration and the U.S. sends no high‑level officials.