COP30 – JUST THE FACTS | Friends of Science
Contributed by Robert Lyman © 2025. Robert Lyman’s bio can be read here.
The thirtieth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP30) took place in Belem, Brazil from November 10 to 21, 2025.This is a factual summary of what took place at the conference, with particular reference of matters of Canadian interest.
Only a small number of matters not previously decided at COP conferences were agreed upon. These were recorded in the final statement issued by the Presidency of the Conference, Correa do Lago, and included:
- A decision to launch the “Global Implementation Accelerator” as a voluntary initiative under the guidance of the Presidencies of the seventh and eighth sessions of the Conference of the Parties to accelerate implementation and increased international cooperation to keep the goal of 1.5 degrees C. in reach;
- A decision to launch the “Belem Mission to 1.5” aimed at aiding implementation of national plans to adapt to climate change, including accelerating the implementation of international cooperation and investments in nationally determined contributions and national adaptation plans;
- A decision to urgently advance actions to enable the scaling up of financing for developing countries for climate action from all public and private sources to at least USD 1.3 trillion per year by 2035.
The final agreement also called for efforts “to at least triple adaptation finance by 2025” without identifying the sources of this funding. In 2024, the wealthier countries agreed to provide USD 300 billion a year by 2035, with no specific amount earmarked for adaptation.
There was no agreement on several issues that were highly debated in the meetings that preceded COP30, notably a proposal that a “roadmap on transitioning away from fossil fuels”
be established. All that occurred was that the Brazilian Presidency of the Conference committed that he will create a roadmap, alongside one to end deforestation.
Some countries used the occasion of COP30 to launch various initiatives that member countries could join if they wished. Thus, Brazil launched a new global investment vehicle that proposes paying out a share of funds to forest-rich countries (like Brazil) for every hectare of trees they left standing. The Brazilian government also launched the Tropical Forests Forever Facility, which attracted $5.5 billion in pledges from Norway, Germany Indonesia, France and Brazil. Seven countries – Britain, France, Canada, Germany, Norway, Japan and Kazakhstan – signed an agreement to achieve “net zero” methane emissions from the fossil fuel sector.
The Honourable Julie Dabrusin, Canadian Minister of Environment and Climate Change, issued a statement at the end of COP30 reaffirming Canada’s commitment to contribute to the attainment of the 1.5 degree C. goal. The statement included these comments:
“The agreement reached at Cop30 represents an important step forward toward our collective goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees C. We welcome increased ambition toward mobilizing additional climate financing, especially for those nations most in need. An increased focus on implementation and delivery 10 years after the signing of the Paris Agreement is also critical as we move from commitment to action…
Canada continues to make climate finance a priority in the implementation of the Paris Agreement and remains steadfast in its support of the goals of the new collective quantified goal to scale climate financing from all sources to $1.3 trillion per year by 2025. During COP30, I announced $392 million for international climate action projects from Canada and an increase of $3.3 million to our initial $13 million investment for the Sustainable Development of the Brazilian Legal Amazon”.
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