Belém, Brazil, Nov 23, (dpa/GNA) – The Brazilian organizers of this year’s UN climate talks, plan to propose additional measures for stronger global action, after the COP30 summit ended without a binding plan to phase out fossil fuels.
“We know some of you had greater ambitions for some of the issues at hand,” COP30 President André Corrêa do Lago said after some 200 countries finally approved a joint declaration following 19 hours of overtime negotiations on Saturday.
Corrêa do Lago said he would draw up two further roadmaps, one to stop and reverse deforestation and another to end the use of fossil fuels.
While Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had called for actionable plans at the start of the two-week gathering, delegates failed to reach consensus on either issue.
Instead of a binding timeline for an exit from fossil fuels, countries only backed a voluntary initiative to accelerate national efforts.
Meanwhile, no new forest action plan was adopted at COP30, with only an earlier pledge to halt deforestation by 2030 reaffirmed.
While Corrêa do Lago’s announcement was met with applause, initiatives taken independently by the presidency do not carry the same weight as decisions backed by all participants, observers note.
GNA