Overview
- An eight‑page consensus decision was adopted without explicit mention of fossil fuels, instead pointing back to COP28’s call for a transition away from them.
- The European Union accepted the weaker text after facing isolation, with officials expressing disappointment while saying the deal still points in the right direction.
- Brazil announced voluntary roadmaps on phasing out fossil fuels and tackling deforestation alongside a new UN‑linked Global Implementation Accelerator for willing countries.
- Parties signaled an intention to at least triple adaptation finance by 2035, loosely cited at about $120 billion per year, though baselines and binding amounts remain undefined.
- Talks ran into the weekend after protests and a venue fire, and a rainforest fund advanced separately with Germany pledging €1 billion over ten years.