Overview
- Government ministers assumed control of negotiations on Monday after the Brazilian presidency issued a late‑Sunday five‑page summary laying out selectable options, including potential road maps to turn broad goals into action.
- The UN’s Simon Stiell urged delegates to tackle the hardest files immediately and warned against tactical delays that could push talks into overtime.
- Trade tensions sharpened as China, India and allies sought a COP decision against unilateral measures targeting the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, while the EU’s Wopke Hoekstra defended pricing carbon and refused to frame CBAM as a trade barrier.
- Island states, backed by Latin American countries and the EU, pressed for a response to the widening 1.5C gap, with analysts noting 116 updated national plans still fall short of required emissions cuts.
- Brazil and many partners are pushing for a fossil‑fuel transition roadmap despite significant resistance; President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is expected Wednesday to help broker compromises as large Indigenous‑led protests keep pressure on negotiators.