COP30 Pushes Two-Stage ‘Belém Package’ With Overnight Talks as Lula Plans Return

Overview

• Brazil’s COP30 presidency formed a negotiators’ task force to secure a first political package for plenary approval on Wednesday and finish remaining items by Friday.
• Nearly 189 delegations agreed to work through the night, with the presidency seeking UNFCCC authorization to extend hours after UN climate chief Simon Stiell urged delegates to avoid obstruction.
• Priority files in the package include the Global Goal on Adaptation, guidance for the Green Climate Fund and the Loss and Damage fund, mitigation and just transition work programs, transparency under Article 13 and technology implementation.
• Trade tensions over the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism persisted, with European officials defending the measure and countries such as China and India criticizing it as a barrier to commerce.
• President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he will return on Wednesday for high‑level talks and a meeting with UN Secretary‑General António Guterres, as Indigenous marches and a People’s Summit letter pressed demands and prompted a government pledge of prior consultation on Tapajós projects.