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COP30 Closes With Belém Package: Adaptation Boosted, Fossil-Fuel Roadmap Dropped

Brazil pivots to voluntary drives after consensus talks stalled.

Overview

  • The final decision text omits any mention of fossil fuels and adopts no UN-negotiated phaseout plan after resistance from oil-producing states under the consensus rule.
  • The Belém Package calls for tripling adaptation finance by 2035 and advances work on a just transition mechanism, but the size, sources and delivery of funds remain unclear.
  • Delegates launched a Global Implementation Accelerator alongside an expanded action agenda, including efforts such as a push to mobilize $1 trillion for power grids and storage.
  • Brazil will develop voluntary roadmaps on fossil-fuel transition and deforestation outside the UN text, with a ColombiaNetherlands phaseout conference scheduled for April 2026.
  • Brazil’s Tropical Forests Forever Facility secured initial donor pledges in the single-digit billions, well short of its multibillion-dollar goal for forest protection.