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COP30 Presidency Presents Roadmaps To End Deforestation And Phase out Fossil Fuels Before COP31
“stops short of setting clear fossil fuel phase-out targets”
“From commitments to implementation”
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Brazil's COP30 presidency unveils roadmaps to end deforestation and phase out fossil fuels by 2030-2033. Roadmaps emphasize international cooperation, investment mobilization, and a just, accelerated energy transition.
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Roadmaps for COP31
Brazil’s COP30 presidency presented roadmaps to end deforestation and phase out fossil fuels ahead of COP31, which will be held from November 9 to 20 in Antalya, Turkey. Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago said the maps are no longer part of the negotiations but concrete contributions to help countries put into practice what was agreed, and he said the roadmap aims to help countries formulate policies based on the information, science, and data they already have.
Ana Toni, executive director of COP30, said, "The transition is inevitable, so start planning it now and as soon as possible, because this will be good for your country, your society, your economy," as the roadmap process begins with national assessment and then categorizes countries into twelve archetypes. The COP30 presidency roadmap describes a three-phase collective agenda between 2028 and 2033, and it says the transition is urgent, inevitable and yet possible, with the goal of net zero by 2050 in keeping with the science.
Debate over pace
Joeri Rogelj, a professor of climate science and policy at Imperial College London, said the roadmaps were valuable but limited because they fall short of clearly indicating the pace of change by including no timeline or key benchmarks. André Corrêa do Lago told the Guardian, "They are documents of implementation," and he said there is a different group of people that negotiate and that implement.
The COP30 presidency roadmap text said it is voluntary, non-prescriptive, and not subject to negotiation, and it described the Belém Readiness Approach as examining countries’ exposure to fossil fuels and their capacity to manage the transition across three complementary pillars. Greenpeace urged countries to use the roadmaps as a driving force for next week’s COP31 to help deliver a 1.5°C future, while Greenpeace said the fossil fuels roadmap stops short of setting clear fossil fuel phase-out targets or calling for an immediate halt to the expansion of fossil fuels.
Implementation and finance
The COP30 presidency roadmap said it uses a TAFF Mutirão, a collective agenda to accelerate coordinated action through 2033, and it also calls for sustaining international dialogue and cooperation through future COP Presidencies and the Global Stocktake. ESG News reported that the COP31 summit president is Murat Kurum, and it said COP31 opens in Antalya, southern Turkey, on November 9.
ESG News also said Brazil’s forest facility has $7.6 billion of a $10 billion target, and it reported that UNEP says annual forest funding must rise from $84.5 billion in 2023 to over $300 billion by 2030. Greenpeace Brazil’s Carolina Pasquali said the roadmap encourages important measures but stops short of setting clear fossil fuel phase-out targets, and she said the Forests Roadmap was launched with the credibility of a Brazilian government that has achieved the lowest deforestation rate in its history.