COP30 Hits Stalemate on Adaptation Rules as Brazil Rallies Support for Fossil Exit Roadmap

Overview

• Talks in Belém stalled at the end of week one over the adaptation-finance metrics, with a possible deferral of the decision to COP32 in Africa under discussion.
• Envoys said environment ministers will take over key files next week, with Germany and Gambia steering adaptation, Kenya and the UK handling finance, and Mexico and Poland overseeing a just transition track.
• President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva urged adoption of a pathway to end reliance on fossil fuels, and Marina Silva reported support from Germany, France, Kenya, the UK and Denmark, bringing backers to 21 by Friday.
• The Kick Big Polluters Out coalition counted 1,602 fossil-fuel lobbyists at COP30, the highest proportional tally since 2021 and larger than the combined delegations of the ten most climate‑vulnerable countries at 1,061.
• Civil society escalated pressure as the Tribunal dos Povos delivered its report to the Federal Public Ministry, Indigenous delegates presented localized climate impacts, and a Quilombola Voices for Climate summit opens in Rio to demand territorial rights and protection.