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COP30 Seals Fragile Pact That Sidesteps Fossil-Fuel Phaseout

Brazil’s COP presidency will publish voluntary roadmaps after countries approved a nonbinding deal that many criticized as insufficient.

Overview

  • The final COP30 text contains no reference to fossil fuels or a consensus roadmap to phase them out despite a push from the EU and more than 80 countries.
  • Negotiators agreed to work toward tripling adaptation finance by 2035 compared with 2025 levels, estimated at roughly $120 billion per year, with implementation details still unclear.
  • Delegates backed the development of a just transition mechanism intended to support workers and communities shifting from fossil-fuel economies.
  • COP30 President André Corrêa do Lago said he will issue separate, voluntary roadmaps on transitioning away from fossil fuels and on halting and reversing deforestation outside the agreed text.
  • Several countries objected to the outcome, including a formal plenary objection from Colombia, as talks ran overtime without a U.S. delegation and were disrupted by protests and a venue fire.