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COP30 Build-Up Confronts Global Tensions and Emissions Shortfalls

With national climate plans set to fall short of Paris targets, the summit will emphasize putting existing agreements into action.

Delegates huddle during informal consultations on the GGA. Credit: IISD/ENB - Kiara Worth
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The world is fast approaching a key global warming threshold
With 50,000 people expected to attend, some warn that delegations are mulling cutting back on the number of attendees

Overview

  • Climate delegates in Germany encountered renewed rifts over financing and ambition that foreshadow tough negotiations in Brazil.
  • Claudio Angelo of the Climate Observatory warned that the “international context has never been so bad” for multilateral climate cooperation.
  • Brazil’s auction of oil and gas extraction rights near the Amazon River has been denounced by environmental groups as undermining its role as summit host.
  • Major emitters such as China, the EU and India are set to deliver updated emissions targets that are forecast to miss the 1.5°C threshold and possibly the 2°C goal.
  • Lead negotiators from the Alliance of Small Island States cautioned that incremental progress may jeopardize their nations’ survival.