COP30 closes with agreement to step up support for developing countries

The UN climate conference in Belém, Brazil, concluded on 22 November with an agreement calling for a tripling of funding for developing nations to protect their people from the growing impacts of the climate crisis, and for stepping up support for workers and communities in the transition to clean energy. "COP30 has delivered progress," UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in his statement on COP30. Yet, "the gap between where we are and what science demands remains dangerously wide." Keeping global temperature rise below 1.5°C by the end of the century is vital, and requires "deep, rapid emission cuts – with clear and credible plans to transition away from fossil fuels and towards clean energy,” he stressed.

The outcome texts - the Belém Political Package - can be found here.