- COP30 leaders called for urgent action on the Paris Agreement, emphasising the importance of boosting renewables, energy efficiency, and global climate investments.
- Brazil has highlighted its climate leadership through initiatives focused on renewables, sustainable fuels, and deforestation prevention.
The second week of COP30 negotiations began on Monday, November 17, with renewed calls for the full implementation of the Paris Agreement. During the high-level plenary, Brazilian and international leaders emphasised the urgent need to accelerate the energy transition and advance climate justice.
Brazil’s Vice President, Geraldo Alckmin, reaffirmed the government’s commitment to COP30. “This must be the conference of truth, implementation, and responsibility,” he said. He stressed that every present-day decision, political, economic, industrial, or environmental, must preserve life on Earth, protect biodiversity, and ensure intergenerational justice.
Alckmin also warned that “the time for promises has passed,” urging nations to turn rhetoric into concrete action and mark this COP as the start of a decade of acceleration and delivery.
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Simon Stiell called on Parties to tackle the most challenging issues without delay. “Tactical delays and procedural obstructions are no longer tenable. Now is the moment to roll up our sleeves, unite, and deliver,” he said, adding that the Paris Agreement remains humanity’s only path to survive the climate crisis.
Annalena Baerbock, President of the 80th UN General Assembly session, acknowledged the complexity of negotiations but highlighted the progress achieved under the Paris Agreement. She urged global cooperation, saying, “The solutions are already out there. Now, we must connect them, drawing strength from trust and regional cooperation, a new form of multilateralism. Vamos fazer um mutirão; let us join forces.”
COP30 delegates recognised the momentum in renewable energy as a tangible outcome of the Paris Agreement.
At COP28, Parties set a global target to triple renewable energy capacity and double energy efficiency by 2030 under the Global Stocktake and NDC frameworks. Baerbock highlighted the rapid growth of renewables, which accounted for 90% of new global energy installations in 2024.
Stiell noted that over USD 2.2 trillion flowed into renewable energy last year, exceeding the GDP of 180 countries. COP30 continues this trajectory with investments in clean energy, sustainable fuels, green industries, and adaptation projects.
Vice President Alckmin emphasised Brazil’s leadership in clean energy and sustainable fuels. He cited Brazil’s renewable energy mix, biofuel innovations, and government actions raising ethanol in gasoline to 30% and biodiesel to 15%. He also referenced the Belém 4X Commitment, which aims to quadruple sustainable fuel use by 2035, with 25 countries and international entities already joining.
Furthermore, Alckmin reaffirmed Brazil’s commitment to ending deforestation by 2030 and launching the Tropical Forests Forever Fund, which links forest protection to human well-being. He also highlighted the creation of the Global Coalition on Regulated Carbon Markets, which aims to unify carbon credit standards.
COP30 President, Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago, opened the session with a video from Sebastião Salgado’s photographic series Amazônia, honouring the late photographer’s vision of safeguarding forests, waters, and all living beings.