COP30 Accelerates Talks With Two-Stage Belém Package Targeting Midweek Plenary

Overview

• COP30 president André Corrêa do Lago circulated a letter asking parties to wrap major work by Tuesday night so a plenary can consider the first political package on Wednesday, with remaining outcomes due Friday.
• Talks shifted into a force‑task format with extended hours and open‑ended night meetings as the UNFCCC secretariat prepares documents overnight to keep negotiations moving.
• The fast‑tracked docket includes the Global Goal on Adaptation, just transition and mitigation work programs, national adaptation plans, finance items such as Article 9.5, guidance for the Green Climate Fund and GEF, Loss & Damage fund guidance, and Article 13 transparency.
• Brazil’s proposed fossil‑fuel transition “roadmap” gained strong scientific backing and support from more than 60 countries but remains outside the formal agenda and under negotiation.
• Public pressure intensified as thousands of Indigenous people marched in Belém and scientists demanded a clear fossil‑fuel phase‑out path, while disputes continued over climate finance and EU carbon border measures.