Overview
- An Indigenous‑led march drew roughly 50,000 people through Belém, pressing for protection of ancestral territories and a global move away from coal, oil and gas.
- Ministers have taken over the talks, with Germany’s Carsten Schneider in Belém as the presidency’s Sunday note set out positions to guide negotiations.
- Mediator tandems were assigned to hard files: adaptation (Germany–Gambia), finance (Kenya–UK) and mitigation (Egypt–Spain).
- A proposed roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels, advanced by Brazil and backed by countries including Germany, faces resistance from Saudi Arabia and other oil producers and remains outside formal texts.
- Environmental groups such as WWF and Oxfam urged concrete progress on a fossil exit and clearer pathways for climate finance, as reports highlighted extensive fossil‑industry representation and recent direct actions at the venue.