Overview
- A Brazil‑released draft political package omitting any mention of fossil fuels or a phase‑out roadmap was immediately rejected by a coalition of at least 29 countries, with the EU calling the text unacceptable and warning of a possible no‑deal outcome.
- Oil‑producing states including Saudi Arabia and Russia led opposition to roadmap language as many developed and vulnerable nations pressed for a transition away from fossil fuels, with negotiators describing two hardened blocs.
- The draft calls for efforts to triple adaptation finance by 2030 compared with 2025 levels but leaves funding sources undefined, while developed countries resist reopening broader finance commitments set at COP29.
- Delegates are also wrangling over up to 100 adaptation indicators to track progress, with vulnerable countries cautioning that metrics without assured finance would be meaningless.
- Talks have pushed past the scheduled deadline with closed‑door negotiations continuing, after a venue fire earlier in the week forced an evacuation in which 19 people were treated for smoke inhalation; the draft also proposes a new trade dialogue touching on carbon border measures.