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COP30 Opens in the Amazon With Pragmatic Agenda on Markets, Finance and Forests

The focus is final rules with credible finance to turn pledges into measurable cuts.

Overview

  • Delegations prioritize finishing the carbon‑market rulebook and other implementation decisions rather than pursuing a new grand accord.
  • The EU files a 2040 target of a 90% cut from 1990 levels that permits up to five percentage points via international certificates, drawing warnings from experts of a weakened path.
  • Brazil unveils the Tropical Forests Forever Facility with intent from more than 50 countries and reported pledges above $5.5 billion, including a commitment to route at least one‑fifth to Indigenous and local communities.
  • Finance talks center on operationalizing the New Collective Quantified Goal, which calls on industrialized countries to mobilize at least $300 billion annually by 2035 toward a broader $1.3 trillion objective.
  • Policy groups, including the World Resources Institute, press for a clear 1.5°C roadmap, accelerated sectoral action, long‑term strategies, stronger coalitions beyond the UN process, and a finance package seen as credible.