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The world’s governments approved a new climate deal at the COP30 summit in Belém, Brazil, adopting the so‑called Belém Package, a bundle of decisions that calls for tripling funding to help vulnerable countries adapt to intensifying climate impacts.
Hosted under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the conference’s closing plenary on Saturday saw nearly 200 parties endorse a political outcome that elevates adaptation and resilience as core pillars of the COP30 climate process. The package references the Global Goal on Adaptation and an expanded “action agenda” to scale finance for locally led projects such as resilient agriculture and nature‑based solutions.
But efforts to secure a negotiated roadmap away from fossil fuels collapsed after days of deadlock. According to Brazil’s presidency, the final compromise text omits any explicit commitment to “transition away from” or “phase out” coal, oil and gas, despite sustained pressure from a large coalition of states and civil society groups.
The outcome continues long‑running fights over fossil language that surfaced in earlier UN forums, including the Glasgow talks, where a UN draft resolution urged countries to phase out coal and fossil fuel subsidies. In Belém, the major producers again resisted binding language, while many developing countries tied their support for any transition to assurances on finance and equity.
Human rights advocates framed the compromise as falling short of international obligations. In the run‑up to COP30, UN experts told JURIST that climate action must integrate a human rights approach, warning that weak mitigation targets and under‑funded adaptation measures risk violating the rights of communities facing heatwaves, floods and displacement. Small island states echoed those concerns on the floor in Belém, arguing that a finance‑heavy deal without a fossil exit pathway jeopardizes the Paris Agreement’s 1.5° Celsius temperature limit.
Activists, many of whom had previously mobilized outside Dubai and Baku, pointed back to campaigns like the COP29 demonstrations in which protesters demanded urgent climate action and faster fossil phase‑outs. In Belém, youth groups and Indigenous leaders welcomed the adaptation funding pledge but described the absence of a fossil roadmap as a “failure of courage.”
Legally, the Belém outcome does not amend the Paris Agreement, but it will guide its implementation by shaping expectations around national climate plans, adaptation strategies and international climate finance. Brazil’s president said in his opening speech to delegates that the credibility of COP30 will ultimately depend on whether parties translate Saturday’s promises, on money, resilience and transition—into enforceable laws and budgets once they return home.
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Hosted under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the conference’s closing plenary on Saturday saw nearly 200 parties endorse a political outcome that elevates adaptation and resilience as core pillars of the COP30 climate process. The package references the Global Goal on Adaptation and an expanded “action agenda” to scale finance for locally led projects such as resilient agriculture and nature‑based solutions.
But efforts to secure a negotiated roadmap away from fossil fuels collapsed after days of deadlock. According to Brazil’s presidency, the final compromise text omits any explicit commitment to “transition away from” or “phase out” coal, oil and gas, despite sustained pressure from a large coalition of states and civil society groups.
The outcome continues long‑running fights over fossil language that surfaced in earlier UN forums, including the Glasgow talks, where a UN draft resolution urged countries to phase out coal and fossil fuel subsidies. In Belém, the major producers again resisted binding language, while many developing countries tied their support for any transition to assurances on finance and equity.
Human rights advocates framed the compromise as falling short of international obligations. In the run‑up to COP30, UN experts told JURIST that climate action must integrate a human rights approach, warning that weak mitigation targets and under‑funded adaptation measures risk violating the rights of communities facing heatwaves, floods and displacement. Small island states echoed those concerns on the floor in Belém, arguing that a finance‑heavy deal without a fossil exit pathway jeopardizes the Paris Agreement’s 1.5° Celsius temperature limit.
Activists, many of whom had previously mobilized outside Dubai and Baku, pointed back to campaigns like the COP29 demonstrations in which protesters demanded urgent climate action and faster fossil phase‑outs. In Belém, youth groups and Indigenous leaders welcomed the adaptation funding pledge but described the absence of a fossil roadmap as a “failure of courage.”
Legally, the Belém outcome does not amend the Paris Agreement, but it will guide its implementation by shaping expectations around national climate plans, adaptation strategies and international climate finance. Brazil’s president said in his opening speech to delegates that the credibility of COP30 will ultimately depend on whether parties translate Saturday’s promises, on money, resilience and transition—into enforceable laws and budgets once they return home.
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