Brazil is hoping to land an early agreement on some of the most contentious issues at the COP30 climate summit after unveiling a bold negotiation strategy that had delegates working into the early hours of Tuesday morning.
The two-week summit in the Amazon city of Belem has brought together governments from across the world to strengthen the complex U.N. framework underpinning global action to halt rising greenhouse gas emissions and cope with the damage caused by warming temperatures.
Host nation Brazil wants a deal agreed in two stages: one package on Wednesday, including subjects like phasing out fossil fuels and delivering promised climate finance that were a week ago deemed too thorny to even include on the formal agenda, and another wrapping up any outstanding issues by Friday.
“I think it’s a daring move. It could work, although it’s also a risk because why would parties move if they know there still is time,” said one European negotiator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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