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COP30 Closes With Weakened Deal That Leaves Fossil Fuels Unnamed

After petrostate pushback, Brazil’s presidency says it will pursue standalone roadmaps on energy transition and deforestation.

Overview

  • The final Belém package, branded the Mutirão pact, drops any explicit mention of fossil fuels and excludes the promised phase‑out roadmap despite marathon, closed‑door talks.
  • COP30 president André Corrêa do Lago committed to develop separate initiatives over the next year on the energy transition and reversing deforestation outside the plenary text.
  • The deal advances adaptation by calling to triple adaptation finance by 2035 and launching global indicators to track progress, with broader finance discussions referencing a pathway toward $1.3 trillion annually by 2035.
  • European Union officials and several Latin American delegations, including Colombia and Panama, condemned the outcome as too weak, and civil society groups criticized the process for limited transparency.
  • A bloc led by the Arab Group, with countries such as Saudi Arabia and Russia, resisted fossil‑fuel language, while Colombia announced an April 2026 meeting for willing countries to push a phase‑out and some finance issues shifted to mid‑year talks in Bonn.