Overview
- Delegations from more than 190 countries gathered, but the United States sent only sherpas after President Trump’s move to quit the Paris Agreement, and leaders of China, India and Russia are not attending.
- Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva put adaptation and climate finance at the center of the opening, arguing recent war expenditures dwarf what is needed for climate action as the Philippines recovers from deadly typhoons.
- A new Tropical Forests Forever Facility launched with 53 signatories under planned World Bank management, targeting at least $125 billion with early pledges from Brazil, France, Norway, Indonesia and others, while Italy has not joined and China seeks a larger governance role.
- Vulnerable states renewed demands for adaptation funding, with AOSIS warning that collective results remain inadequate and reaffirming 1.5°C as the guiding objective.
- COP30’s president praised China’s expanding clean‑tech supply chains and cheaper solar panels even as UN assessments project roughly 2.8°C of warming under current policies.