Overview
- Brazil’s COP30 presidency sent a letter late Monday urging countries to lock in core elements by Tuesday night ahead of Friday’s scheduled close, pressing for compromises across multiple tracks.
- A coalition including Spain, the UK and Germany publicly called for a practical roadmap with dates to wind down oil, gas and coal, with small island and African states framing the demand as a survival issue.
- Negotiations remain constrained by unmet finance promises from COP29’s Bakú framework, while Brazil promotes a $125 billion Tropical Forests Forever Fund even as Petrobras advances exploration at the Amazon river mouth.
- An estimated 50,000–70,000 people marched in Belém with strong Indigenous leadership and a 200‑boat flotilla, demanding Amazon protection, rights guarantees and an end to new fossil‑fuel projects.
- The United States is politically absent at leader level, and Argentina entered week two with a reduced delegation and no updated NDC filing, raising questions about its standing and access to climate finance.