COP30 Ends Without Fossil-Fuel Phase-Out as Brazil Pledges Its Own Roadmaps

Overview

• Delegates approved a final document that includes no explicit commitment to eliminate or phase out fossil fuels.
• COP30 president André Corrêa do Lago said Brazil will draft national roadmaps to reverse deforestation and guide its energy transition.
• Deep splits among countries persisted, and the UN’s consensus rule enabled opposing blocs to block fossil-fuel language.
• Colombia and Panama protested the closing procedure, with Colombia’s delegate denouncing a serious procedural problem.
• The text notes a plan to triple adaptation finance by 2035 without specifying amounts or payers, as scientist Paulo Artaxo blamed oil-industry lobbying and urged majority voting in future COP decisions.