Over 80 Nations Back Fossil-Fuel Roadmap at COP30 as Brazil Presses for Stronger Deal

Overview

• Ministers from a broad coalition spanning Europe, Latin America, Africa and Pacific states urged that a clear fossil‑fuel phase‑out roadmap be written into the COP30 outcome, with speakers including representatives of Germany, the UK, Colombia, Kenya, Sierra Leone and the Marshall Islands.
• The Brazilian COP30 presidency’s nine‑page draft offers only optional references to pathways off fossil fuels and mixes conflicting options on finance and trade, drawing EU criticism as negotiators work toward a new version.
• Environment Minister Marina Silva pressed for formal roadmaps to end deforestation and reduce fossil dependence and called for approval of global adaptation indicators, while Brazilian diplomats pushed late into the night to build consensus before President Lula’s return.
• Scientists at the conference warned that parts of the Amazon are shifting from carbon sink to source after the 2023/24 extreme drought, reporting unprecedented burning of 1.4 million hectares of flooded forests and sharply higher CO2 emissions from those ecosystems.
• Colombia announced it will designate its Amazon as free of mining and fossil fuel extraction, positioning itself as the first Amazonian nation to take that step.