I’m at COP30 in Belém, covering adaptation, just transition and the mitigation work programme. Lots still happening - particularly with adaptation finance, GGA indicators and a potential just transition action mechanism Drop me a message if you want to chat about any of these topics

UK's 🇬🇧 Ed Miliband and India's 🇮🇳 Bhupender Yadav speaking together at COP30. Miliband advocates for multilateralism: “Lots of people complain about the COP process, including those at the COP… [but] it has succeeded…Of course 2.3-2.5C [projected] global warming is very bad, but it is progress.”

COP president André Corrêa do Lago floats the possibility of "two packages" at #COP30: - one for finance, trade measures, transparency and 1.5C in consultations: "four themes that are very important to COP" - package for the "main COP themes", including adaptation, fair or just transition.

NEW – COP30: Carbon Brief’s second ‘ask us anything’ webinar | @arunacsekhar.bsky.social @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @leohickman.carbonbrief.org @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/9J2LHC2

New 'informal notes' have been published for the just transition work programme. The option for a just transition mechanism - the Belem Action Mechanism - now includes an alternative for an 'action plan' This follows the EU tabling this as an option on Friday, having pushed back on the BAM

The first draft negotiating text for national adaptation plans was published yesterday, with 145 sets of brackets - the third most of any COP30 text so far - and 12 options The biggest sticking point for NAPs is finance, with G77+China emphasising the need for public finance to support adaptation

COP30 COMPLAINTS: At the "subsidiary bodies" closing plenary earlier, many countries were "concerned" & "disappointed" over conclusions that failed to endorse IPCC as "best available science" & failed to fully reflect latest research Here's what they said 🧵

COP30 loss & damage talks are focused on mopping up issues that could not be decided earlier this year in Bonn A joint report of the WIM ExCom + Santiago Network - bodies that focus on L&D - has now been adopted It was only "noted" rather than "welcomed", apparently due to Arab Group intervention

Informal notes for the just transition work programme are up! Still lots to be decided (21 optns), including on unilateral trade measures, the establishment of a just transition mechanism (Belem Action Mechanism, or BAM), etc. Significantly, for the first time critical minerals have been included!

The first draft of a negotiating text for the global goal on adaptation was published yesterday at #COP30 It incls. 51 sets of brackets and 18 options, highlighting how much disagreement there is This incl.4 options focused on the indicators post-COP30, with the AGN suggestion for a 2yr programme

COP30 DeBriefed | Finance and 1.5C loom large at talks; China’s emissions dip; Negotiations explained Read here ➡️ buff.ly/kW8TfkH Subscribe to DeBriefed ➡️ subscribe.carbonbrief.org

NEW – Analysis: Seven charts showing how the $100bn climate-finance goal was met | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @c-aguilargarcia.bsky.social @porcelinad.bsky.social @theguardian.com Read here: buff.ly/UZ9dxXb

NEW COP30 TEXT: COP reform is on the official agenda in Belém as "arrangements for intergovernmental meetings" (AIM) But…here's the 1st draft text on AIM. "Agreed to continue consideration…" 🥱🥱🥱 unfccc.int/sites/def...

An influential team called the Independent High-Level Expert Group on Climate Finance has laid out what it calls an "entirely feasible path" to mobilising $1.3tn by 2035. This was the aspirational goal agreed at last year's COP. Half of the finance in their pathway comes from the private sector.

The new 2025 Global Carbon Budget finds that fossil fuel emissions will reach a new high in 2025. Total CO2 emissions (including land use) remain flat at 2024 levels. While the land sink is up from 2024, carbon sinks are weakening: www.carbonbrief.org/...

NEW: Global fossil fuel use will peak before 2030 – unless 'stated policies' are abandoned Contra some terrible news coverage, IEA World Energy Outlook shows coal near peak, oil peaking by 2030 & gas by 2035 (see chart) What's going on? 🧵 + cool charts www.carbonbrief.org/iea-fossil-f...

Funding alert: @grist.org is offering grants of up to $5,000 for reporting on rural climate issues and environmental justice in the United States. Newsrooms and freelancers are welcome to apply. Please share! grist.org/updates/gris...

It's absolutely packed at the China Pavilion this afternoon at COP30 as China hosts an event on south-south climate cooperation Speakers include Huang Runqiu, Liu Zhenmin and Ana Toni, with several Chinese environment officials (current and former) in the front row

As COP30 gets underway, Carbon Brief ran its first of three Q&A webinars yesterday, discussing China's role at the summit, climate finance, the absence of the US and more!

Last night at #COP30 the presidency consulted on four crucial topics: response to NDCs, transparency (BTRs), article 9.1 (provision of finance by developed countries), and unilateral trade measures. These four elements will be key to the outcome, despite being dropped from the official agendas.

Bom dia! I’m in Belém for the next two weeks for #COP30 representing @carbonbrief.org Please come and say hello, keen to hear your thoughts on negotiations or about your research/specialty 🇧🇷🦜

It's that time of year again – I'm in Belém for COP30 🐸🌴🥵 As usual I'm interested in all things climate finance. I will also be following the "action agenda", as well as loss and damage discussions. The Carbon Brief team has an office in the media centre. Come and say hello if you're about!

I'm in Belém for week 1 of COP30, covering China's role at the negotiations. If you're around and have time for a coffee, let me know!

Good news: more than 50% of the world’s economies have seen carbon emissions from fossil fuel power generation peaking. And with the speed of change in the electricity sector many more will join this growing list in coming years.

I've made a spreadsheet with the event schedules for COP30 pavilions, including the UK 🇬🇧 Japan 🇯🇵 Indonesia 🇮🇩 Australia 🇦🇺 and China 🇨🇳 The UNFCCC has a schedule list, but hardly any of the major pavilions are on there. I'll update the list as I collect more ⬇️ docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

#COP30 AGENDA FIGHT: Battle looms over which issues to discuss at COP30 (an "agenda fight") Proposed late additions to agenda: * trade * finance * deforestation * ambition * reporting Hence, now on 4th version of agenda (!) This must be resolved before negotiations begin 🧵 1/

NEW – Ongoing failure to agree AR7 timeline is ‘unprecedented’ in IPCC history | @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/rSMdzNf

On Monday, Carbon Brief will host the first of three live “Ask Us Anything’ COP30 webinars, as part of our new COP30 Insider Pass package. The pass also gives you access to: 📲 An invite-only WhatsApp group 📩 A dedicated daily newsletter Secure your pass now ⬇️

NEW – COP30: What does the ‘Baku to Belém roadmap’ mean for climate finance? | @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social w/ comment from @jalokaje.bsky.social Sarah Colenbrander @rebeccathissen.bsky.social Rebecca Newsom Read here: buff.ly/X0lKbny

NEW – Interactive: Who wants what at the COP30 climate change summit | @arunacsekhar.bsky.social @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org Read here ⬇️

It’s that time of the year. @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org and I trawled through hundreds of govt submissions to bring you the COP30 edition of @carbonbrief.org’s Who Wants What.

UPDATED: Yesterday, China released its full 2035 climate pledge, building on Xi's UN speech. Our updated @carbonbrief.org analysis dives into the details, inc: 🌎 What the NDC says about the US 🗞️ Reactions to the targets ⚡ China's 2035 plans for coal Find out more ⬇️

NEW – UNEP: New country climate plans ‘barely move needle’ on expected warming | @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org @unep.org Read here: buff.ly/U0XaME9

Adaptation is going to be a key area of negotiation at #COP30 in Belem next week, including landing on 100 indicators to track progress on adapting to climate change under the GGA Ahead of COP kicking off, I took a look at the GGA and how experts whittled down the list of 10k indicators to just 100

NEW – Q&A: The UK government’s ‘carbon budget delivery plan’ for 2035 | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/XOxb3EL

DESNZ have dropped the new Carbon Plan. I have two tests: is this legally robust, and does it have a plausible pathway for heat? /1 www.gov.uk/government/p...

FACTCHECK: The frontpage of today's Daily Telegraph has a very confused story about offshore wind, which is all sorts of wrong It says a technical change means higher subsidies & fewer new windfarms from the upcoming AR7 auction Oopsie! This is the opposite of the truth 🧵

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Carbon Brief is introducing the COP30 Insider Pass for those who need more than headlines from Belem. What the pass gives you access to: 📲 An invite-only WhatsApp group 📩 A daily email newsletter 🗣️ ​​3 exclusive 'Ask Us Anything' webinars Sign up ⬇️

Keir Starmer will attend the climate talks in Brazil after all. The right decision. I hope the government supports efforts to restore rainforests at COP30 - both tropical and temperate! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

INTERVIEW: I sat down with @thecccuk.bsky.social chief @elpinchbeck.bsky.social to talk UK progress in cutting emissions, attacks on the Climate Change Act, media misinformation, talking to kids about global warming & more Full transcript + vid + recording: www.carbonbrief.org/the-carbon-b...

FACTCHECK: Claire Coutinho claims UK gas power only costs £55/MWh… …but she is ignoring a few small details: 🤫 Gas prices always rise in winter 🤫 Gas plants cost money to build 🤫 CO2 causes economic damages THREAD with receipts 1/8

NEW | Solar and wind OUTPACED global electricity demand growth in the first half of 2025, leading to a fall in fossil fuels compared to this time last year ☀️🌪️ Record solar and steady wind growth is reshaping global power as renewables OVERTAKE coal for the first time. https://loom.ly/c-MNZSk

Kemi Badenoch has been saying a lot of stuff that isn't true recently. We've taken a look through some of the things she and her Conservative colleagues have been saying as they pledge to “repeal” the Climate Change Act. ➡️ www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-wh...

Q&A: What the ‘controversial’ GWP* #methane metric means for farming emissions By @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org #climatecrisis www.carbonbrief.org/qa-what-the-...

This is really good. Nothing about the CCA has obliged the Government to go down the centrally planning route the Conservatives now decry. Moreover, the Conservatives were in office for all but two of the first 17 years of the CCA. /1

A brilliant piece on what the UK's Climate Change Act does, why it's inspired action around the world, and how the Tories were key to creating it - despite their current leader now wanting to destroy it bsky.app/profile/drsi...

FACTCHECK: What the Climate Change Act actually means for the UK – and what is a load of old nonsense Really enjoyed putting this together with colleagues, inc learning new things about the fascinating backstory to the Act Feat. OG authors of the Act & more www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-wh...

NEW – Factcheck: What the Climate Change Act does – and does not – mean for the UK | @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/c1tdbmJ