{"id":10111,"date":"2025-11-10T09:33:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T08:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/opinions\/?p=10111"},"modified":"2025-11-24T14:46:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T13:46:53","slug":"from-paris-to-belem-at-cop30-the-climate-fight-hits-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greens-efa.eu\/opinions\/from-paris-to-belem-at-cop30-the-climate-fight-hits-home\/","title":{"rendered":"From Paris to Bel\u00e9m: At COP30 the Climate Fight hits home"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At COP30, ten years after Paris, the climate clock is running out. In November 2025, world leaders, civil society, and climate activists will gather in Bel\u00e9m, Brazil, for the 30th UN Climate Conference (COP30). It\u2019s a milestone event – exactly ten years after the Paris Agreement, when nations pledged to limit global heating to 1.5\u00b0C.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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But as the UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres warned this week, \u201chumanity has missed the 1.5\u00b0C target\u201d unless we change course now<\/em>. Global carbon emissions are still climbing, and 2024 saw the largest annual rise in CO\u2082 levels ever recorded.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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COP30 isn\u2019t just another climate summit – it\u2019s the last big chance to rescue the Paris promise and show that political courage can match the energy of millions of citizens and activists demanding action.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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+++ Update 22.11.2025 COP30 fails to deliver on roadmap to phase out fossil fuels +++<\/h2>\n<\/div>
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A deal has been reached late in the day in Bel\u00e9m at COP30. It has been a chaotic and slow COP, with even a real fire breaking out<\/a> in one of the conference venues. But in these politically difficult times a compromise, as weak as it may look, should not be taken for granted. On the plus side, the negotiating parties agreed to triple international funding for climate adaptation by 2035. On the downside they could not agree on a roadmap to phase out fossil fuels once and for all. 10 years after the Paris-Agreement we would have hoped for more ambition, especially from the EU. Meanwhile, influence from fossil and gas lobbyists was at an all time high at COP30. <\/p>\n<\/div>

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MEP Bas Eickhout, President of the Greens\/EFA Group and part of the European Parliament delegation to COP30 comments: \u201cThis could have been the COP that agreed to the phase out of fossil fuels but the Saudi, Indian and other governments held the world back. We cannot allow global efforts to end the use of climate killing fuels to be thwarted by oil giants and fossil fuel addicts.”<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Hope at COP30 came in the shape of thousands of climate activists and Indigenous communities protesting at the conference and fighting for a liveable future. Join the fight and sign up on this page.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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COP30: Who is meeting in Bel\u00e9m \u2013 and why does it matter?<\/h2>\n<\/div>
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Delegations from nearly 200 countries will meet from 10th\u201322nd November under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). They will negotiate national commitments, or NDCs (Nationally Determined Contributions), which set each country\u2019s emissions targets and adaptation plans.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Crucially, COP30 will be the first COP held in the Amazon, a region symbolising both the planet\u2019s climate potential and its vulnerability. The Amazon rainforest, often called \u201cthe lungs of the Earth\u201d, is now dangerously close to a tipping point due to deforestation and fires.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Hosting the conference in Bel\u00e9m should send a clear signal: Protecting nature, indigenous peoples, and biodiversity is inseparable from protecting the climate.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Activist Annah Bikouloulou at COP30<\/strong>

“ <\/strong>I\u2019m going to the COP to make sure the voices of young people and working-class communities are heard. I want real action, not just words. It\u2019s time to move from promises to concrete policies: funding for the transition in the Global South, a clear path out of fossil fuels, and real protection for the people most impacted by climate breakdown.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Europe\u2019s role at COP30: From words to action<\/h2>\n<\/div>
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In October Members of the European Parliament adopted their resolution ahead of COP30, calling on the EU to show global leadership and keep the 1.5\u00b0C goal alive. We, as the Greens\/EFA Group, pushed for strong language: tripling renewables, doubling energy efficiency, and phasing out fossil fuels.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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\n The promises made to younger generations in Paris ten years ago must be kept. The EU must act as a world leader on climate and commit to the strongest possible 2040 target.\n