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COP30 Ends With Adaptation Pledge, No Fossil‑Fuel Phaseout

Consensus rules let a few producers remove fossil‑fuel commitments, leaving a deal centered on adaptation funding with voluntary roadmaps outside the text.

COP30 President Andre Correa do Lago (C) gestures next to his advisers after the plenary session was interrupted following Colombia's intervention at the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in Belem, Para state, Brazil, on November 22, 2025. A proposed final deal for the UN climate talks omits any direct mention of phasing out fossil fuels, as demanded by the EU and many countries, according to the text published Saturday after two weeks of fraught negotiations. The draft, which must be approved by consensus by nearly 200 nations, calls on developed countries to "at least triple" financing to help poorer nations adapt to the impacts of climate change. (Photo by Pablo PORCIUNCULA / AFP)
Trees surround the area of a quilombola, an Afro-descendant community called Menino Jesus in Acara, Brazil, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
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Overview

  • Governments adopted the Belém Package elevating adaptation as a core pillar, including a call to at least triple adaptation finance by 2035 and a new just transition mechanism.
  • An effort backed by more than 80 countries to secure a negotiated roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels was blocked by major producers, and the final text omitted any explicit phaseout language.
  • Brazil’s presidency announced voluntary processes to develop fossil‑fuel and deforestation roadmaps outside the formal UN decision, with a follow‑up conference slated in Colombia in April 2026.
  • Brazil launched the Tropical Forests Forever Facility with multibillion‑dollar pledges that remain below its stated target and with operational rules still being refined.
  • The summit highlighted geopolitical strains as the United States sent no official delegation, yet parties reaffirmed the Paris Agreement and kept the UN climate process intact.