Overview

• Ministers from more than 60 countries opened two days of closed-door talks in Brasília to narrow differences ahead of next month’s COP30 in Belém.
• The Brazilian presidency prioritized global adaptation indicators, a just‑transition work program that touches trade measures such as the EU’s CBAM, and operational steps to implement the Global Stocktake.
• Finance dominated day one, with Brazil advocating a pathway to mobilize $1.3 trillion per year by 2035 and promoting the Tropical Forests Forever Fund, which has a $1 billion Brazilian pledge but no confirmed donor funding.
• Acting president Geraldo Alckmin urged stronger national targets, with only about 62 of 196 parties having submitted updated NDCs, while civil‑society observers reported silence from the European Union on new commitments.
• COP30 president André Corrêa do Lago said the aim is to begin Belém with negotiable texts and to avoid agenda additions that could trigger vetoes, with talks resuming Tuesday on finance, adaptation and just transition.